A deadly ice storm swept across the Pacific Northwest on Thursday, adding to the misery of residents struggling with power outages and treacherous roads since an earlier record snowfall. Washington’s governor declared a state of emergency and the storm was …
The federal government has reimbursed Cache County, Utah and municipalities more than $780,000 for flooding damages last spring. The Herald Journal of Logan reported that President Barack Obama approved the request after declaring an emergency for the area. A record-breaking …
Thanks to a dry fall across the northern Plains, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is months ahead of schedule in releasing water from reservoirs on the upper Missouri River to guard against another spring of record-setting flooding. Jody Farhat, …
Midwestern farmers who saw their land swamped by summer flooding may be socked again with steep increases in their crop insurance premiums, the expensive result of the failure to fix broken levees before the winter snow and next spring’s rains. …
Justice Department lawyers argued at trial on Dec. 12 that there is little evidence a shipping channel dug decades ago by the Army Corps of Engineers contributed significantly to the castastrophic flooding after Hurricane Katrina that swamped St. Bernard Parish …
Several northern New Jersey towns hit hard by recent flooding are taking steps to make sure it doesn’t happen again. New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $350,000 to four communities in the Passaic River Basin that suffered damage …
Minot, N.D., officials are proposing a flood diversion plan for a river that spilled its banks earlier this year and forced thousands of people to evacuate. The idea announced on Nov. 18 would divert the Souris River through channels at …
The federal government is warning those who suffered losses from Missouri River flooding this summer that deadlines to file insurance claims are approaching. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that for some people the deadline is Sept. 29. Under federal …
The Palestinians want the United Nations to recognize a state. And the island nation of Tuvalu wants the United Nations to act – now – to keep their state above water. The high drama surrounding the historic Palestinian bid for …
Members of Congress from both sides of the Red River in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are asking President Barack Obama to include $30 million in his next budget for work on a river diversion project in the Fargo-Moorhead …
