MANAWA, Wis. (AP) — A dam in an eastern Wisconsin community has been breached, and people living downriver were being evacuated, the National Weather Service said Friday. The dam in Manawa along the Little Wolf River was breached about 1:45 p.m. by floodwaters, meteorologist Scott Cultice said. The town has a population of about 1,200. […]
RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) – Several soldiers in the New Mexico Army National Guard rescued four elderly Ruidoso residents from a flash flood on Saturday. Six soldiers were moving heavy equipment out of a creek near homes located on the South Fork burn scar when four people signaled them in distress. Four of the soldiers created safety […]
Millions of Americans have sweated through a scorching weekend as temperatures soared across the US, while residents were rescued from floodwaters that forced evacuations across the Midwest. One person was killed during flooding in South Dakota, the governor said. From the mid-Atlantic to Maine, across the Great Lakes region, and throughout the West to California, […]
Hundreds of cars stuck in the floodwaters of South Florida stranded drivers who abandoned their sinking vehicles. Police and fire crews made dozens of rescues into Tuesday night, mainly in Dania Beach, Hollywood and Hallandale Beach. Tow trucks plucked cars out of the road in Miami Beach, dragging them to drier spots. Cars and flooded […]
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Lascassas farmer is counting his blessings after nearly all of his livestock was swept away by flash flooding last week, then recovered with the help of his community. In his decades of farming, Mike Vaught had never heard of floodwaters powerful enough to move cattle, which, on average, weigh […]
Flash floods and a landslide have swept through houses and cut off a major road in Kenya, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing, officials said. Police official Stephen Kirui initially told the Associated Press that the Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region that […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police and Red Cross workers are engaged in a rescue operation at a swollen river in northern Kenya after a bus carrying an unknown number of passengers was swept away by floodwaters. Police say some of the passengers managed to escape just before the bus was submerged while others climbed onto […]
Emergency crews in Texas have called off the search for five people who were swept away by floodwaters, according to local news reports. At least five homeless people were camping inside a drainage tunnel when they were swept away by fast moving water overnight Jan. 22, according to WOAI. San Antonio crews were out just […]
As torrential rains hit a large portion of the eastern United States, one Massachusetts driver was left hanging from a tree to stay afloat, officials said. Around 5:30 a.m., rescue personnel were called to a flooded road to reports of a car submerged in the water, the Norwood Fire Department said in a Jan. 10 […]
More than 300 people were rescued overnight from floodwaters in northeast Australia, with dozens of residents clinging to roofs, officials said. Cairns Airport was closed on Monday due to flooding and authorities were concerned that the city of 160,000 people will lose drinking water. While rain was easing in Cairns, severe weather warnings were in […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — More than 300 people were rescued overnight from floodwaters in northeast Australia, with dozens of residents clinging to roofs, officials said on Monday. Cairns Airport was closed on Monday due to flooding and authorities were concerned that the city of 160,000 people will lose drinking water. While rain was easing in […]