LOS ANGELES – Angelenos may soon need to grab an umbrella. Sound familiar? It hasn’t even been two weeks since Southern California last dealt with winter storms, but here we are as the region once again braces for another round of heavy rain and possible flooding. Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties will be under […]
San Francisco warned of high winds that could fell trees, heavy rain and potentially flooded streets as storms hit California starting Wednesday morning, while residents in the mountains could see 20 inches of snow and “impossible” travel conditions, forecasters said. The San Francisco Bay Area could get up to 4 inches of rain in the […]
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that it has been flooding tunnels in Gaza with large volumes of water in its effort to attack the terrorist infrastructure of Hamas. The IDF says its forces along with the Israeli Ministry of Defense have been using various tools to flood the subterranean network of tunnels, which […]
SAN DIEGO — It may feel like summer in San Diego now, but that’s all about to change in a big way. A wetter, colder and windier pattern will arrive Thursday in San Diego as a series of atmospheric rivers will slam the West Coast in the beginning of February. The first storm system arrives […]
Jan. 29—GROTON — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., toured sites in the City of Groton and downtown Mystic on Monday afternoon that are vulnerable to flooding and pledged to seek federal funding to address the problem. City and town officials said the number and intensity of storms are increasing, and federal funding will be crucial […]
All aboard the Pineapple Express this week in California as some coastal ranges could see up to 8 inches of rain before the end of the week, and Los Angeles and San Diego could be in for more monumental flooding. The Pineapple Express is an atmospheric river that sets up a fire hose of moisture […]
A system of heavy rain and warm temperatures forecast across western Oregon this weekend could lead to high levels on waterways and possible minor flooding. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches across the region, and 2 to 5 inches in the Oregon Coast Range, along with snowmelt, could lead to some localized flooding. “With […]
Portions of north central and northeast Illinois, and northwest Indiana are expected to deal with patchy fog throughout Friday but farther south along the Kankakee River flooding has spurred evacuations, officials said. The fog Friday is expected to continue at times becoming dense lingering into Saturday, officials said. But other areas are faced with runoff […]
SAN DIEGO — Harrowing stories continue out of the Southcrest area, where some residents are recovering in the hospital after flooding wiped out entire neighborhoods. A community in ruins brought neighbors arm-in-arm as their reality begins to settle in: the buckled floors, piles of mud and destroyed furniture. For Jerry Hernandez, it’s all reminders of […]
SAN DIEGO — Winter storms for relatively dry San Diego are hit-or-miss, but mostly miss, so the wallop of a Pacific front Monday stunned California’s second-largest city even as it was expecting rain. It was the third of three Pacific storms to strike the West Coast since Friday, with the first bypassing the region and […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A tropical low strengthening over the Coral Sea on Tuesday is forecast to be the second cyclone is as many months to bring destructive winds and more flooding to Australia’s northeast coast. The system expected to be named Tropical Cyclone Kirrily later Tuesday or Wednesday morning was tracking west toward the […]
SAN DIEGO — The heavy rain that has been hitting San Diego has prompted several closures as flash flooding warnings are in place across the county. First responders are urging people to stay off the streets as there have already been several rescues. The National Weather Service says flash floods have been reported throughout Coronado […]