Latest Floods News
Rising floodwaters lead to more evacuation orders in Arizona
SEDONA, Ariz. (AP) — Some evacuation orders were lifted while others remained Wednesday as heavy rains began to dissipate in northern Arizona, but flooding threats lingered. Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office officials said residents in Sedona could go home after determining that...
Corps of Engineers appeals ruling on spillway openings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge's ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must consult with federal fisheries experts before opening a spillway that protects New Orleans from Mississippi River flooding is being appealed. The Bonnet Carre spillway control structure is...
UN: Many African children at risk from lack of clean water
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — In Nigeria's teeming city of Lagos, children in the Makoko area swim and play in filthy water surrounded by garbage. In Ivory Coast's largest city, Abidjan, thousands of families must fetch water from streams for their daily needs. In...
UN: Months after Pakistan floods, millions lack safe water
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations children’s agency on Tuesday warned that after last summer's devastating floods, 10 million people in Pakistan, including children, still live in flood-affected areas without access to safe drinking water. The statement from UNICEF underscored...
It’s the first day of spring: Here’s what that really means
NEW YORK (AP) — Spring has sprung! Monday marked the spring equinox — at least for those in the Northern Hemisphere. But what does that actually mean? WHAT IS THE SPRING EQUINOX? As the Earth travels around the sun, it does so at an...
New evacuations as storm brings California flood threat
New evacuation orders were in place Sunday near two small central California towns where a levee was breached following recent downpours, as yet another winter storm brought the threat of major flooding. The agricultural communities of Alpaugh and Allensworth, home to a total of...
Millions of dead fish wash up amid heat wave in Australia
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Millions of fish have washed up dead in southeastern Australia in a die-off that authorities and scientists say is caused by depleted oxygen levels in the river after recent floods and hot weather. Residents of the Outback town of Menindee in New South...
Tourists hoping to see Arizona falls forced out by flooding
PHOENIX (AP) — Shannon Castellano and Travis Methvin should have spent this weekend seeing world-famous waterfalls on the Havasupai Tribe Reservation in northern Arizona. Instead, the two friends from San Diego spent Friday night along with 40 other hikers camped out on a helipad....
Locals in and around Sedona deal with flooding aftermath
PHOENIX (AP) — Residents and tourists in northern Arizona tried to return to business as usual after evacuation orders triggered by rain and flooding were lifted Thursday morning. But for some like Tatum Loll, 17, of Cottonwood, that was impossible. The teenager,...
Louisiana environmental secretary Chuck Carr Brown resigns
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The head of Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality is resigning at the end of the month, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday. Edwards “regretfully” accepted the resignation of DEQ Secretary Chuck Carr Brown, the governor said in a press release....
