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• Scientists gauge flood risk in Waldo Canyon burn area

  July 10, 2012 6:08 PM

  Large wildfires like the Waldo Canyon Fire not only consume trees and plants, they also change the landscape right down to the dirt. Brad Rust, a soil scientist for the US Forest Service Burn Area Emergency Response team, says burning leaves and pine needles of can cause increased runoff.... more »

• Community meeting on flooding concerns after fire

  July 5, 2012 6:40 PM

  Tuesday night a community meeting is being held to talk about potential flooding danger following the Waldo Canyon Fire. The meeting is at 7 pm at Centennial Hall (200 S. Cascade Ave.) in Colorado Springs. County and city officials along with FEMA and the Regional Floodplain Administrator will be... more »

• Heavy rains,flooding,mudslides in parts of Colorado

  August 20, 2010 10:03 AM

  Highway crews spent the night cleaning up after heavy rains that caused flooding and mud slides in parts of Colorado. Stacey Stegman of the Colorado Department of Transportation says crews were clearing a mud slide that occurred Thursday afternoon on Colorado 82 near Carbondale. She says two cars that... more »

• 300,000 urged to flee Japan rains

  July 15, 2010 11:23 AM

  Heavy rains caused mudslides and flooding in Japan, forcing the evacuation of 300,000 residents. Japan's meteorological agency said Thursday that more torrential rain was expected to batter Japan. Fire and rescue workers continued to put up sandbags in the hope it will divert water and prevent further damage. more »

• Floods, landslides in Rio de Janeiro kill dozens

  April 6, 2010 12:32 PM

  Torrential rains caused floods and landslides that killed dozens of people in the state of Rio de Janeiro, shutting down transport and commerce in Brazil's second city, officials said Tuesday. Reuters reported that at least 31 died after heavy rains that started on Monday, while Brazil's O Globo newspaper... more »

• Evacuations under way for LA-area foothills

  February 9, 2010 5:21 PM

  Heavy rain has started to fall in the Los Angeles area. And sheriff's deputies say about 60 to 70 percent of the people living in some foothill towns north of the city are complying with an evacuation order. The rain is prompting fears of a repeat of what happened... more »

• New round of storms threatens SoCal foothill towns

  February 9, 2010 1:11 PM

  Residents of more than 500 homes in the foothill communities north of Los Angeles have been told they should evacuate ahead of another winter storm that's expected to bring heavy rains and possibly cause more mudslides. Authorities called on residents of 541 homes in La Canada Flintridge and La... more »

• NC mudslide evacuees urged to stay away for weeks

  February 8, 2010 12:11 PM

  Residents are being urged to stay away from their North Carolina mountainside homes after a 30-foot-high mudslide washed over their road. Emergency workers evacuated about 40 people from a dozen homes near Maggie Valley in western North Carolina after the Friday mudslide. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported Monday that... more »

• Storms triggers mudslides and flooding

  February 6, 2010 12:53 PM

  Authorities say approximately six foothill homes in wildfire burn areas northeast of Los Angeles are under mandatory evacuation orders after a pounding winter storm triggered mudslides and caused widespread flooding. County sheriff's deputies are walking door to door Saturday to tell residents in the La Canada Flintridge area to get... more »

• Tourists rescued from Machu Picchu flooding

  January 27, 2010 5:48 PM

  A helicopter shuttled tourists between Peru's Machu Picchu Mayan Ruins and nearby towns. It's all part of an effort to evacuate 2,000 tourists stranded in the Andes. The tourists were trapped in a jungle town at the foot of Machu Picchu in eastern Peru. They became trapped after the... more »

• 600 homes ordered evacuated due to L.A. rain

  January 20, 2010 2:58 PM

  Hundreds of people living below fire-stripped mountains were under orders to leave their homes Wednesday as another Pacific storm hit Southern California on the heels of powerful systems that have flooded coastal communities, spawned a tornado and killed one person. Los Angeles County and city authorities issued mandatory evacuation... more »

• Power outages reported in Southern California storm

  January 18, 2010 4:37 PM

  More than 12,000 Southern California residents have lost power due to a heavy winter storm sweeping through the region that threatens to cause mudslides in fire-ravaged areas. Vanessa McGrady, a spokeswoman with Southern California Edison, said Monday that customers in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties lost power. ... more »

• Rain falling across S. California as storms move in

  January 18, 2010 8:45 AM

  The first of a series of back-to-back winter storms has arrived in Southern California, bringing rain that could total several inches by Monday night. Showers are expected to increase in intensity with heavy rains possible by Monday afternoon. Residents in communities below wildfire-scarred mountains are on high alert for debris... more »

• More storms heading to Southern California

  December 11, 2009 9:49 AM

  Southern Californians living near areas burned by wildfires are again facing worries about the possibility of flooding and mud flows. A storm moving into the region Thursday is the second this week, and forecasters say it will be followed by a wetter storm during the weekend. The National Weather Service... more »

• California wildfire-area communities prepare for rain

  October 12, 2009 6:08 PM

  Southern California communities near wildfire burn areas are preparing for the possibility of mudslides as a strong Pacific storm remains on course for the West Coast. The National Weather Service says there's a potential for widespread rain Tuesday and Wednesday, with the possibility of mud and debris flows from the... more »

• Philippine mudslides, floods kill more than 160

  October 9, 2009 9:32 AM

  Officials say rescuers have retrieved more than 160 dead from dozens of landslides that buried villages and cut off towns in the rain-soaked northern Philippines. About 450 people have been killed in the country's worst flooding in 40 years after back-to-back storms started pounding the country's north Sept. 26. Officials... more »