Nearly a century ago, L.A. County suffered the deadliest dam failure in U.S. history. Design flaws caused the St. Francis Dam ...

The maps provide a visual model of eight- to 20-foot flood levels in one-foot increments. The HESCO barriers, recommended by USACE and approved by CBJ on Feb. 3, are expected to be completed by July.

Ithaca’s Common Council will vote to adopt new FEMA flood maps and update floodplain management regulations at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Ithaca City Hall.

In the latest update of the maps, potential tsunami flood areas were expanded in parts of Long Beach — including along Ocean Boulevard and Belmont Shore — Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, Marina ...

California, as a result, opted to take "a very conservative approach" for its maps, "hoping to avoid the tragic loss of life experienced in Japan," Bohlen said in a prior statement.

That protection shortfall is a reason why California’s flood policies cover just 1.3% of its residential properties. Yes, that means 98.7% don’t have it.

The California papers received by the North Star, are themselves flooded with accounts of the second great deluge in that State, which occurred during the last two weeks of January.

About 13 million people are under flood watches across California, where heavy rain is expected to produce flooding, mudslides and debris flows through Wednesday.

A Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) spokesperson told USA TODAY Saturday there are about 163,000 customers without power including 67,000 in the Bay Area. California power outage map ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The National Weather Service has added a new feature to their Flood Warnings, Flash Flood Warnings and Flood Advisories: Flood Inundation Maps.

Other notable expansions in the flood hazard map take place around the old airport and the SweetBay development, with much of the area now falling in the "X500" zone.