The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Riverina council repairs 40-metre pothole created during 2022 flood disaster

A roadway chasm that reached a depth of nine metres took more than a bit of hot mix to patch up in western NSW.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2023

Worry and suspicion reign as once-dry Tulare Lake drowns California farmland

CORCORAN, Calif. — Sixth Avenue used to cut through miles of farmland. Now, the road has disappeared under muddy water, its path marked by sodden telephone poles that protrude from the swelling lake. Water laps just below the windows of a lone farmhouse that sits alongside the submerged route.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 29, 2023

Flood-ruined WA bridge to be rebuilt six times stronger

A longer, sturdier bridge will be built over WA's Fitzroy River after unprecedented flooding washed away the old one in January, cutting a key transport route.

AAP · Mar 29, 2023

Residents near Georgia reservoir evacuated after dam overflows

ATLANTA — People who live in the Heads Creek Reservoir area of Spalding County, Goergia, were evacuated Monday as a precaution after the dam began to overflow due to heavy rainfall in a short amount of time, according to officials.

Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2023

Residents near Georgia reservoir evacuated; dam could fail

People who live in the Heads Creek Reservoir area of Spalding County in Georgia are being evacuated Monday as the dam is at risk of failure, according to officials.

Tribune News Service · Mar 27, 2023

They grow America’s strawberries. A vicious flood made them climate migrants

California immigrant farm workers bore the brunt of this winter’s extreme weather – yet have scant resources to put their lives back together

The Guardian - US · Mar 27, 2023

Inside the UK's most flooded town where streets are often awash with 'mud and debris'

Floods have cost the Cornish town of Looe an estimated £39million of damage between 2012 and 2017, with almost all the businesses in the town affected by the water surge

Daily Mirror · Mar 27, 2023

‘We’ve lost the aqueduct’: How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline

OLANCHA, Calif. — For more than 100 years, the Los Angeles Aqueduct has endured earthquakes, flash floods and dozens of bomb attacks as it wends and weaves through the canyons and deserts of the eastern Sierra Nevada.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 26, 2023

Kalkarindji flood evacuees begin repatriation from Howard Springs back to community

Around 700 people were evacuated to Darwin from the remote communities of Kalkarindji, Pigeon Hole and Daguragu earlier this month as flooding hit the Victoria Daly region of the Northern Territory.

ABC News · Mar 26, 2023

In Pajaro, children and teens grapple with displacement after flooding

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — The school buses arrived in quick succession, looping past the entrance of the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds and a parking lot packed with cars before stopping near Harvest Building, a low-slung yellow structure usually used for fundraisers.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 25, 2023