ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A pair of friends whose St. Petersburg homes were flooded by Hurricane Helene have opened a new business, Dam It Defense, which sells barriers aimed at preventing flooding. “We ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Oct. 9 marks exactly one year since Hurricane Milton hit the Tampa Bay area. Several coastal communities felt the impacts of the storm, but so did a lot of inland areas. Many ...

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5) — The National Weather Service issued a flood watch from Tuesday afternoon until Wednesday evening as the county expects heavy rainfall during the week of Christmas. Light ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s the rainy season in Hawaiʻi and with that comes lots of warnings and watches. But what they are can be confusing. In Hawaiʻi, heavy rain can cause flooding quickly because of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The latest round of flooding concerns grows across western Oregon as another round of rain from an atmospheric river returns to the Pacific Northwest. The Portland National ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — What was an extremely wet weekend will continue into the workweek as the National Weather Service continues to have the islands under an active Flood Watch. The Flood Watch was ...

After a brief lull, heavy rain expected to return Tuesday night. Red Cross shelter open in Monroe. Snohomish River expected to crest at the city of Snohomish at 33.31 feet on Thursday, almost 6 feet ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A flood watch has been extended for much of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington through early Friday as the region is hit with rains from an atmospheric river. According ...

AccuWeather meteorologists caution that numerous storms will press into the Pacific Northwest over the upcoming weeks, delivering repeated rounds of heavy rain and mountain snow across the region.