The Latest Breaking News on Floods

There have been a number of reports as small independent businesses try to stay afloat against rising floodwater

As California begins to dry out from its recent deluges, one stark reality is coming into focus: Only 230,000 homes and other buildings are insured against flooding in a state with about 39 million residents

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — President Joe Biden arrived in California on Thursday and joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on a helicopter tour of areas along the Central Coast battered by winter storms that caused major flooding and landslides across the state.

US president is visiting hard-hit areas of California where flooding, intense waves and mudslides forced evacuations.

Serbia's state RTS television says emergency teams are searching for two people after they were swept away by a swollen river in a southwestern town

The president is due to visit California on Thursday.

A staff tip-off has blown the lid on an apparent drug lab operating inside an unoccupied unit at Melbourne's former quarantine site.

The extreme flooding and mudslides across California in recent weeks took many drivers by surprise. Sinkholes swallowed cars, highways became fast-moving rivers of water, entire neighborhoods were evacuated. At least 20 people died in the storms, several of them after becoming trapped in cars in rushing water.

They say they had requested an emergency exit in the fence before as it blocks their only exit route