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Ice jam breaks on Yukon River

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:22:08 -0400

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A gap in an ice jam is slowly draining a massive backup of water upriver from the community of Fort Yukon.

Flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 in ND town

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:20:27 -0400

BISMARCK, North Dakota - A dam that threatened to give way and flood a North Dakota town was holding back the water on Wednesday, though the 1,300 residents of Cavalier were still being told to stay away from their homes.

14 Illinois counties get federal disaster help

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:43:10 -0400

CHICAGO - Fourteen more Illinois counties will receive federal disaster aid after last month's flooding.

Flood-prone Norfolk chosen for storm water project

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:03 -0400

NORFOLK, Virginia - Flood-prone Norfolk is one of eight cities nationwide chosen by the Rockefeller Foundation for a program to finance and build better storm water infrastructure.

Homeowners sue NY over $4.6M in flood damage

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:55:22 -0400

ALBANY, New York - Some property owners along the Mohawk River have sued the state Canal Corporation, claiming the agency failed to adequately prepare for the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.

Federal disaster declaration requested for ND

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:29:07 -0400

BISMARCK, North Dakota - North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple sent a letter Tuesday to President Barack Obama requesting a federal disaster declaration to help 16 counties and the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation recover from spring flooding.

Moorhead may stop making sandbags for floods

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:58:28 -0400

MOORHEAD, Minnesota - The city of Moorhead is considering getting out of the sandbag business.

Minor flooding reported in Fort Yukon

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:05:15 -0400

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Low-lying areas of Fort Yukon were under water Monday, a day after breakup on the Yukon River left 15 homes uninhabitable in Circle.

Heavy rainfall sets records across North Dakota

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:36:19 -0400

BISMARCK, North Dakota - Heavy rain over the weekend set records in North Dakota, and the wet weather was persisting into the early part of the work week.

Floodwaters recede from I-94 near Jamestown

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:05:46 -0400

BISMARCK, North Dakota - Floodwaters have receded on Interstate 94 near Jamestown, but other roadways in North Dakota remain threatened by heavy rains.

Ind. stream gauge victim of federal budget cuts

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:38:36 -0400

VERNON, Indiana - Indiana will lose a stream gauge that has been used for research and to alert communities about impending flooding under federal budget cuts to a program that collects data from waterways across the country.

Powerful storms cause damage, flooding in SE Minn.

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:57:44 -0400

SPRING VALLEY, Minnesota - A powerful band of storms with strong winds and heavy rain uprooted trees, flooded roads and caused structural damage in southeastern Minnesota.

Fog blankets much of Georgia in wake of storms

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:41:20 -0400

ATLANTA - Fog blanketed much of Georgia in the wake of storms that washed out roads in the northeast part of the state and led to rising streams and rivers.

Heavy rains close Atlanta area roads

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:43:16 -0400

ATLANTA - Heavy rains Sunday flooded roads in the Atlanta area, interfered with a college commencement and caused a mud slide.

RI rushes to recover from Sandy as summer nears

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:21:06 -0400

WESTERLY, Rhode Island - Seven months after Superstorm Sandy pummeled Rhode Island's southern shore, the great mounds of sand are gone, and the twisted metal and splintered wood hauled away, replaced by workers and backhoes as beachfront businesses hurry to complete repairs before the arrival of another New England summer.

Cool temperatures helped keep mosquito numbers low

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:05:22 -0400

CHICAGO - Mosquitoes that hatched early thanks to April's flooding could have reached adulthood and begun biting this weekend. But cooler than normal temperatures and strong winds that followed helped halt their advance.

Lafourche plans $6M in flood projects

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:18:57 -0400

DES ALLEMANDS, Louisiana - Lafourche Parish is preparing to begin more than $6 million in flood protection projects for the Raceland and Des Allemands areas.

Flash flooding from storms reported in east Ala.

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:53:48 -0400

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Forecasters say flash flooding across roads is being reported in eastern Alabama and more could occur as showers and thunderstorms move into the central areas of the state.

Yukon River breakup causing flooding in Eagle

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:39:20 -0400

EAGLE, Alaska - Breakup on the Yukon River has begun and there is flooding in Eagle, a small community of fewer than 100 people in eastern Alaska near the border with Canada.

16 Illinois counties on request for flooding aid

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:14:43 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Gov. Pat Quinn has asked for 16 more Illinois counties to receive federal aid after flooding last month.

Kent County boosts flood damage estimate to $10.6M

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:41:59 -0400

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - Officials are boosting the estimate for spring flooding property damage in Kent County to $10.6 million.

Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:31:36 -0400

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in preparation for a far worse storm.

Christie unveils buyout offer to NJ flood victims

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:13:44 -0400

SAYREVILLE, New Jersey - Some 350 homeowners in the central New Jersey towns of Sayreville and South River whose properties have flooded repeatedly will be eligible to sell their homes in the first phase of a new federally funded buyback program, Gov. Chris Christie announced Thursday.

NYC's subway system preparing for next big storm

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:38:29 -0400

NEW YORK - Removable panels and inflatable plugs are among the ideas New York City's transit officials are considering to stop the next big storm from flooding the subway system the way Superstorm Sandy did, officials said Thursday.

Christie to offer buyouts to flood victims

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:56:10 -0400

SAYREVILLE, New Jersey - Gov. Chris Christie has announced plans to use $300 million in federal funding to buy out homeowners whose properties have flooded repeatedly, especially during Superstorm Sandy.