The term "100-year flood" implies that the event is a rare occurrence; however, dozens of such storms have inundated the United States over the past year alone, prompting concern that they are ...

Western Washington’s flood season usually runs from late October through March and mirrors the rainy season. Washington averages about one presidentially declared disaster per year, going back to 1950 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Central Texas faced historic, catastrophic flooding this month, with some meteorologists calling these floods 1000-year rainfall events. What qualifies a flood to be labeled 100-year ...

New proposed maps increase ag lands in the floodplain. Chippewa County has appealed the maps and provided data for some changes. The new flood maps proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

When flash floods tore through Kerr County on July 4, Phillip Roberson’s home on the banks of the Guadalupe River filled with nine feet of water. Part of the 3.5-acre property had once been designated ...