The home in the 100 block of NE 16th Street, which firefighters believed to be vacant, was fully engulfed in flames spurred ...

Problems are just starting for some San Jose residents flooded out of their homes after the latest round of rain soaked an already saturated Bay Area.

The agency issued an internal memo saying it would “pause” a regulation directing that schools, libraries and other public ...

Clever engineering and regular maintenance keep a 100-year-old dam and levee system operating, protecting more than $10 billion in property annually.

Colleen Palmer spent Wednesday scrambling to get guests and tenants at Marina RV Park packed and safely to higher ground ...

While releasing water from reservoirs before a big storm, like the one expected to hit Northern California this weekend, is standard flood-control procedure to avoid overflowing dams, Hernandez ...

This surge of water ... the flood, the Dutch government assembled a committee and in 1954 the Delta Works project, a new network of storm surge barriers, dams, dikes and levees that could prevent ...

The plan focuses most on “local flood risk resulting from surface water, groundwater and ordinary watercourse flooding.” The plan outlines five objectives: “improving understanding, greater ...

For example, if flood water damages your electrical and plumbing systems, the dwelling coverage in a flood insurance policy would pay to fix or replace it. Flood insurance through the NFIP caps ...

There will also be rock or other material installed to protect shoreline structures against water, wave, or ice erosion and to ... safety in the face of extreme weather events. Effective flood ...

Water outside your house can be a real bummer, but that’s nothing compared to how much it can ruin your day (or week, or year) once it starts getting inside. The new year is a perfect time to start ...