Houston Controller Chris Hollins is sounding the alarm about Houston Mayor John Whitmire's efforts to "illegally divert" $30 ...

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will focus on maintaining existing flood control infrastructure this year ...

Downtown Machias faces flood risk from both directions — rising sea levels in the ocean and swelling river tributaries fueled ...

Nature's Advanced Flood Control System Beaver wetlands create locally climate-resistant landscapes through their ecosystem ...

UNIST scientists turn raindrops into electricity using carbon fiber rooftops to power smart drainage and flood warnings.

The Chronicle investigations team had impact in Texas Lottery regulation, flood safety measures in Kerr County, and the ...

Mike Kimmel, known as the "Python Cowboy," leads guided hunts for invasive iguana and Burmese pythons. Invasive iguanas are a costly pest in Florida, damaging landscaping and burrowing into flood ...

AUBURN, Wash. — When heavy rain events hit western Washington, like an atmospheric river, water levels in the rivers can rise fast. In places such as the Kent Valley, flooding has always been a ...

Maps shared by the National Weather Service (NWS) and King County Emergency Management in Washington state show where more than 46,000 people were ordered to evacuate around 15 miles south of Seattle ...

TUKWILA — The swollen and debris-filled Green River tore a hole Monday in a heavily saturated and previously damaged section of King County’s levee system near Tukwila, forcing broad evacuations and ...

The Army Corps of Engineers was able to reduce flooding on the Skagit River with emergency operations of two hydropower dams upstream. Big dams have big downsides, including killing salmon and ...

A second levee failed just outside of Seattle as rivers once again surge from more atmospheric river-fueled rain, setting off deadly flooding in parts of western Washington. Precautionary evacuations ...