The Latest Breaking News on Floods

LOS ANGELES — Though California may be ending its winter with quenched reservoirs and near record snowpack, meteorologists are warning that the state will face increased flooding risk in the coming months as Sierra Nevada snowmelt fills rivers and streams.

A rare, deadly storm slammed northwestern portions of South America for nearly a week straight, leaving at least six people dead.

Sheriff’s office says ‘conditions were above and beyond what anybody expected’

After the back-to-back named storms last year left billions of dollars in flood losses across Florida, one organization is warning that major reforms are needed to government regulations and flood insurance, especially inland as climate change makes storms wetter and more powerful.

South Ayrshire Council set out timeline for developers of Dundonald Recreation Ground to sort out drainage, but these deadlines have passed without action.

Waltham Forest is planning up to 11,000 new homes in medium to high-risk flood areas

They looked out from their window and saw that everywhere was flooded - including their car

California’s latest atmospheric rivers are sending rainfall higher into the mountains and onto the state’s crucial snowpack. The rain alone is a problem for low-lying areas already dealing with destructive flooding, but the prospect of rain on the deep mountain snow has triggered widespread flood warnings.

The town of Pajaro was flooded by the nearby river after repeated deluges, forcing residents to shelter at a fairground

A tiny community is still under water in northwest Queensland as locals elsewhere in the region begin to count the cost of record floods.

A farmer in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria region says the station he spent his life building up is now a scene of "complete devastation" after floods swept through the area.