The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Scenes of devastation along the Pajaro River: ‘The water is still coming in. It’s rising’

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Crowds of onlookers stood on the Watsonville side of the Pajaro River Bridge looking at the swollen muddy river rushing below and the closed-off, submerged town of Pajaro on the other side.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 12, 2023

Record-breaking Queensland flood peak predicted for Sunday: forecaster

A record-breaking flood in Australia's Queensland state was forecast to peak on Sunday, after almost 100 residents of an outback town were moved to higher ground.

Reuters · Mar 12, 2023

Flooding peaks in Gulf of Carpentaria with about 40 homes inundated in Burketown

Flood levels remain at unprecedented heights in Queensland's gulf region, where it will be weeks before evacuated residents can return home. Station owners say they fear what they will find when the water recedes.

ABC News · Mar 11, 2023

Flush with rain, California plans to replenish drought-depleted groundwater with floodwaters

LOS ANGELES — With torrential rains drenching California, state water regulators have endorsed a plan to divert floodwaters from the San Joaquin River to replenish groundwater that has been depleted by heavy agricultural pumping during three years of record drought.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 11, 2023

Communities along Central Coast to southern Sierra hit hardest by latest California storm

LOS ANGELES — After atmospheric river storms pummeled large swaths of California, triggering massive flooding and prompting widespread evacuation orders from the Central Coast to the southern Sierra, forecasters warned Saturday “we’re not through this just yet.”

Los Angeles Times · Mar 11, 2023

Storm breaches California river's levee, hundreds evacuate

Hundreds of people in a Northern California community were forced to flee their homes early Saturday after the Pajaro River’s levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river pummeling the state

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2023

Anxious wait as Queensland floods expected to peak

Residents of Burketown in Queensland are facing an anxious wait as water inundates their town, with flooding expected to peak.

AAP · Mar 11, 2023

Health and safety investigators issue statement after damaged water pipe floods Chilwell homes

Evacuations took place as a result of what happened

Nottingham Post · Mar 11, 2023

Almost 10,000 residents evacuated after heavy rain and thunderstorms in California

A creek bloated by rain destroyed a portion of Main Street in Soquel, Santa Cruz County, forcing many to stay trapped in their homes while emergency services are trying to rescue them

Daily Mirror · Mar 11, 2023

‘Move people to rooftops’: Worst-ever Qld rain forces Burketown evacuation as power and sewers fail

Burketown residents are fleeing water-logged homes, while emergency services warn of power cuts and sewage backflows

The New Daily · Mar 11, 2023