About 20 people were rescued from flooded homes and vehicles between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, as severe storms dumped an official 4 inches of rain overnight, though locals recorded easily double that amount. Emergency…

FORT SCOTT — Heavy rainfall over the weekend wreaked havoc across southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri, leading to widespread flooding that inundated communities. The excessive rainfall, which began early Friday morning, caused rivers to swell…

UPDATE 11:30 a.m.: Traffic has reopened on U.S. 54 at the intersection with U.S. 169 as water recedes, but closed west of Fort Scott. The Neosho River is at 18.89 feet and expected to crest…

HOUSTON (AP) — Heavy rains in Texas on Wednesday closed schools and elevated flooding risks around Houston in another round of soaking downpours that have made for a soggy and dangerous week across large portions…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Flash floods inundated homes and overturned cars in San Diego on Monday as torrential rain swept through a large swath of the U.S., toppling trees and overflowing streets across California. Early…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and forcing flight cancellations and school closures.…

Debbie Menzie was surprised to receive a notice that her home is now in a floodplain. It’s never flooded at her home in the north part of Iola, just off Washington Street. Not even close.…

Flood insurance rates could drop for some Allen County residents, with newly drawn maps removing 85 properties from the floodplain. Eight will be added. Local residents can attend an open house from 2 to 6:30…

Far more people are in harm’s way as they move into high flood zones across the globe, adding to an increase in watery disasters from climate change, a new study said. Since 1985, the number…

DERNA, Libya (AP) — Search teams combed streets, wrecked buildings and even the sea for bodies in a devastated eastern Libyan city on Wednesday, where authorities said massive flooding had killed at least 5,100 people,…