The most common reason levees fail is overtopping, when water from a river, stream or lake behind the levee flows over the ...

Lakewood police seek help in kidnapping case of 2 children taken by mother during visit Lakewood police are asking for the public’s help as they investigate what they describe as a kidnapping and ...

Maps shared by the National Weather Service (NWS) and King County Emergency Management in Washington state show where more than 46,000 people were ordered to evacuate around 15 miles south of Seattle ...

Portions of western Washington state have experienced a month’s worth of rain within the past few days, causing historic flooding, damaging mudslides and more than 100,00 people facing potential ...

A family in Washington state who recently moved to a home in the city of Monroe just lost their home due to devastating flooding. The father, Jose Rosas, said they moved to a mobile park two months ...

Authorities have told everyone within the Skagit River’s 100-year flood plain to evacuate ahead of rapidly rising floodwaters. Communities including Burlington, La Conner, Lyman and Hamilton, as well ...

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Warmer seas and heavier rains linked to climate change, along with Indonesia and Sri Lanka's unique geographies and vulnerabilities, combined to produce deadly flooding that killed hundreds, ...

Climate change supercharged devastating floods that killed more than 1,600 people across parts of South and Southeast Asia, according to new research. A trio of tropical cyclones battered the region ...

WASHINGTON, USA — Rivers around western Washington are flooding after inches of rain fell across the region in the first part of this week. More rain is expected to come on Wednesday, prolonging river ...

Washington and Oregon are bracing for major flooding and possible evacuations as an atmospheric river event brings heavy rainfall to an already saturated region. More than 6 million people are under ...