CEDAR RAPIDS - Recent catastrophic disasters such as hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria have sent flood insurance costs soaring around the nation, stretching the budget for flood-prone cities such as ...

This past summer, my wife, our 7-year-old grandson, and I experienced firsthand the tragic flood on the Guadalupe River in Texas. The first floor of my brother’s riverfront house washed away, as did ...

Press release from the American Flood Coalition: Last week, a delegation of local leaders from Western North Carolina traveled to Kerr County, Texas, to exchange flood recovery lessons in the wake of ...

It was in 2005 that the most debilitating floods took place in Mumbai in 2005 on July 26, resulting in a loss of over a thousand lives. Yet two decades down the line, what has changed? Not the floods; ...

Recovery efforts in Central Texas are being shaped by lessons learned from past disasters, as communities work to rebuild after the July 4 flood. Years before the flooding, Hurricane Harvey forced ...

A Tale of Faith and Action Some individuals tend to rely heavily on luck or divine intervention rather than putting in the ...

It’s that time of year again — when store aisles fill with sharpened pencils, new sneakers and the hopeful anticipation of a fresh school year. As families across Deep East Texas gear up for the ...

Crews with the Hunt Volunteer Fire Department were at ground zero on the Fourth of July when the catastrophic floods hit the Hill Country. Read full article: Families prepare to leave Judson ISD if ...

The recent Guadalupe floods in Texas brought back horrible memories of the June 1972 Rapid City, South Dakota, flood, which took the lives of 238 people. I am incensed that news organizations did not ...

When historic floods tore through Texas this summer, claiming more than 130 lives, it was a grim reminder of what happens when flood protection falls short. But California’s flood protection system — ...