Tag: Flood

Clean-up begins after sudden storms flood roads and halt air traffic in Geneva

Clean-up crews and business owners are inspecting the damage after sudden storms lashed south-western Switzerland the previous night, sending torrents of water through roads and temporarily halting air traffic at Geneva’s airport. In the lakeside town of Morges, a creek overflowed, inundating downtown streets with floodwater. Civic leaders said no-one was injured but that water […]

Florida critical infrastructure to flood twice as much by 2050

Although it’s a high rise, Titusville Towers is among several critical infrastructure sites in Brevard County that rose to the surface as at risk of “disruptive flooding,” according to an analysis released Tuesday by the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists. Retirees in the 120-unit waterfront assisted living facility should be plenty high and dry in […]

Parts of Iowa underwater amid flood emergency

JOHNSTON, Iowa (KCAU) — More than 1,000 Iowa residents slept in shelters Saturday night after floodwaters inundated the northwestern part of the state and destroyed hundreds of properties, Gov. Kim Reynolds said. Entire neighborhoods were forced to evacuate after 13 rivers flooded the region following weeks of rain, the Associated Press reported. “After four years […]

Walz authorizes Minnesota National Guard to support emergency flood operations

Jun. 23—Following heavy rainfall across Southern Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday declared a peacetime emergency, authorizing the Minnesota National Guard to be available to provide support for emergency flood operations as areas across the state experience extreme flood conditions. The Minnesota National Guard is in close communication with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety […]

Flood warning in Tucson issued as more heavy rain expected

Heavy rain in Tucson and parts of Pima County placed the area under a flash flood warning as storms were expected to last through the weekend. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Tucson until 5:45 p.m. Saturday and said the slow-moving storm would take its time dowsing southern Arizona. Thunderstorms produced […]

Flood warning in Tucson issued as more heavy rain expected

Heavy rain in Tucson and parts of Pima County placed the area under a flash flood warning as storms were expected to last through the weekend. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Tucson until 5:45 p.m. Saturday and said the slow-moving storm would take its time dowsing southern Arizona. Thunderstorms produced […]

Aging Lake Alvin spillway submerged by flood waters

East of Harrisburg, Lake Alvin has hit the point of bursting. Significant rains, starting Thursday and continuing into late Friday night, filled the lake’s spillway, a water control structure meant to control the release of water into Ninemile Creek, a tributary of the Big Sioux River. When an Argus Leader reporter arrived 5 p.m. Thursday […]

Flood warning issued for northern parts of Coconino County

A flash flood warning was issued for Friday evening in the Antelope Creek basin located in Coconino County after thunderstorms were expected to drop nearly an inch of rain, according to the National Weather Service. The warning was set until 5 p.m. Arizona time. Locations under the warning included Upper Antelope Canyon, Lower Antelope Canyon, […]