Pectoral sandpipers hunt for food in the mud flats of Lake Red Rock, a flood-control reservoir about 25 miles southeast of Des Moines. Photo by ...

Nonstop flights direct from Iowa to Venezuela are rare, unless you happen to be a well-fed pectoral sandpiper. If it finds ...

Phase 1 of the Environment Agency’s Flood Risk Management Scheme which will reduce the risk of flooding to 1,000 properties ...

Weather balloons and “hurricane hunter” planes aid the science of understanding California’s atmospheric rivers.

The state originally constructed the dam in 1933 — six years after the Winooski River saw historic flooding — to hold water upstream in the Waterbury reservoir and protect against downstream flooding.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and Forest Preserves of Cook County are partnering in a flood relief study that could bring a new reservoir.

Atmospheric river-fueled storms that soaked California over the past week benefited the state’s water supply. In addition to ...

The system would provide stormwater storage for Glenwood, Ford Heights, Lansing, Thornton, South Holland, Calumet City and ...

Seventy years ago in Scott County, it emerged from a winter that was five months long since last November 6. The best way to describe the weather- “uncertain.” Early March was ...

While tearing down a dam can cost millions of dollars, the price of keeping an obsolete barrier in place may be even steeper.

Increased water releases beginning February 7 will be utilized for hydropower before the water is stored in the San Luis ...

A series of atmospheric rivers is prompting the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to increase water releases for flood control in Northern California.