Another 2.84 inches of rain fell Monday, for a total of 10.16 inches since Friday. Rivers and creeks were swollen, with water running over many streets and roads throughout the county.

The Neosho River in Iola is on the rise from the rains from the previous week, and will continue to rise with this week’s rain predictions. Iola received 7.32 inches of rain over the weekend.

The rain just keeps on falling, but county officials aren’t yet too concerned about flooding. According to the Iola Water Plant, more than 3.26 inches of rain fell Wednesday night, which brings the total for…

The past month has brought extreme weather fluctuations, from a bitterly cold snap that caused financial havoc on cities throughout the state in the form of higher heating costs, to recent rains that could potentially…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta was speeding toward storm-weary Louisiana with landfall expected this afternoon just south of New Orleans, where a pump system failure has raised the city’s risk of floods.  Life-threatening storm…

I was standing by the river in Neosho Falls, watching dragonflies and listening to the murky water spill over the dam in a continuous rush. It’s a sound from the source of Neosho Falls’ life,…

SPAULDING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — More Central Michigan riverside residents evacuated their homes Friday after being overwhelmed by flooding from two failed dams that submerged communities further upstream earlier this week, authorities said. About a…

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where flooding struck communities along rain-swollen waterways and the governor said one downtown could be…

CHICAGO — The upper Mississippi River, from its headwaters in Minnesota to the southern tip of Illinois, has been named the most endangered river in the United States, according to an annual list released by…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Republican senators from four states that have seen severe flooding from the Missouri River are backing legislation that would require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to change its management of…