Flood News

In this satellite image handout from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , the storm Ida is seen, now downgraded to a tropical storm after moving through an area of cooler sea surface temperatures and increasing shear November 9, 2009 off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.

Weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents refused to retreat from a steadily weakening rare late-season tropical storm that crept toward shore Tuesday, bringing heavy rain, stiff winds and some flooding.

Devils Lake has more than tripled in size since 1993 because of a series of wet years, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

A flash flood watch will be in effect from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning.

The Upstate should get quite a drenching through Wednesday from the remnants of tropical cyclone Ida, but not as much as had been feared.

The American Red Cross is preparing for Tropical Storm Ida to make landfall along the Gulf Coast, opening shelters in four states.

Residents in rain-soaked Georgia are bracing for possible flooding as Tropical Storm Ida heads toward the Gulf Coast.

A weakened Tropical Storm Ida drenched the U.S. Gulf Coast and oil installations on Monday, shutting down nearly 30 percent of Gulf energy production.

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 24 HOURS.

SAN SALVADOR: Floods and landslides killed at least 130 people in El Salvador and sent 10,000 fleeing their homes on Monday after a late-season hurricane devastated swaths of mountainous Central America.

Celebrations, remembrances and joyful exuberance enveloped Germany on Monday, the 20th anniversary of the night the Berlin Wall came down, a momentous event that helped transform Europe and signaled the beginning of the end of communism on the continent.

Officials of the Army Corps of Engineers say new technology means that a levee breach during a flood no longer has to be a disaster.

Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried the town of Verapaz Sunday, swallowing up homes and cars as massive flooding killed 91 people throughout El Salvador, authorities said.

Heavy rains triggered flash floods that killed two people and forced thousands to evacuate their homes in northern Malaysia, officials say.

Hurricane Ida's center at 3 p.m. was near latitude 22.2 north and longitude 86.3 west or about 95 miles west -northwest of the western tip of Cuba.

Athens - Heavy rainfall flooded parts of Greece on Sunday, leaving one man dead and a second missing, news reports said.

Minor flood warnings have been issued for Bellingen and Coffs Harbour on the NSW mid-north coast after the area received more than 120mm of rain in 12 hours.

Photo by Courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation Flint Lockwood and Sam Sparks watch in amazement while it rains hamburgers in Sony Pictures Animation's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

After a few days of flirting with its natural rim, Lake Tahoe's water level has stayed below the mark since last week.

The City of Bossier City is updating residents on many of the parish's weather-related issues and included helpful phone numbers to report damage and problems.