Rain chances remain high today, a day after record-setting rainfall brought flooding that snarled traffic and forced some homes to be evacuated in the Bay area. Tampa International Airport recorded 4.72 inches of rain Wednesday, shattering the previous mark for the day, 2.84 inches, set in 1955. It was the sixth wettest July day ever. ...more

July 2, 2009

Weary residents of this sandbagged city came together in churches Sunday, counting their blessings that the Red River finally stopped rising and praying the levees would hold back its wrath. A brief levee break that swamped a school provided a warning of the kind of threat that still hangs over them in the days ahead. ...more

March 29, 2009

After a week of piling sand on top of sand on top of sand to hold back the Red River, which has risen to levels never seen before in North Dakota and Minnesota, there was cause for optimism on Saturday. The river, which had been rising last week at a rate of 3 feet a day, unexpectedly slowed down and even appeared, according to new National Weather Service predictions, to recede. ...more

March 29, 2009

The National Weather Service gave weary Fargo residents a dose of good news Saturday, saying the flood outlook for the Red River seems to be improving and may not be as dire as originally expected. ...more

March 28, 2009

By the weekend, Florida could be bracketed by hurricanes as one churns through the Gulf of Mexico and another meanders in the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

August 28, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay hobbled across northern Florida on Friday as the state's death toll related to the storm rose to seven. The storm, which has never reached hurricane status, dumped huge amounts of rain in some parts of Florida. ...more

August 23, 2008

Arbuckle Creek overflowed after Tropical Storm Fay barreled through Highlands County, causing widespread flooding that placed several neighborhoods under more than a foot of water Wednesday. ...more

August 21, 2008

Ever took a boat out to Lake June lately? According to one of them, about 150 boaters did one recent weekend. ...more

August 5, 2008

The Mississippi River climbed toward its high-water mark Monday at St. Louis and was expected to crest over the next couple of days at points downriver, but the worst of the flood of 2008 appeared to be over. ...more

July 1, 2008

The weakest spot left along the swollen Mississippi River may be the Pin Oak levee, a barrier so tenuous that soil slides down its slope. ...more

June 25, 2008