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Rescues Underway as Flash Flooding Closes Roads Across Cocke County
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (343+ words) The Lady Vols drew reigning national champion Texas to open the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. The Between the Lake Blues Festival will take place Saturday, May 30, from noon to 6 p. m. at Rose Center, 442 W. Second North St. , Morristown. Admission…...
Flash flooding prompts rapid road repairs across WNC
54+ min ago (858+ words) Heavy rainfall across western North Carolina triggered flash flooding, washed out roads, and forced emergency repairs this week, including a rapid culvert replacement on US 74 A that state transportation crews completed in less than a day as officials warned of…...
Nightmare on the second day of the holiday! Workplaces flooded in Edirne, Bodrum surrendered to floods.
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (156+ words) Haberler. com Nightmare on the second day of the holiday! Workplaces flooded in Edirne, Bodrum surrendered to floods. In Edirne, on the second day of Eid al-Adha, the torrential rain that began around noon turned streets and avenues into lakes,…...
Flash Flood Warning in effect for parts of Orleans and St. Bernard parishes
58+ min ago (145+ words) A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for parts of Orleans and St. Bernard parishes until 2: 30 p. m. Thursday as scattered thunderstorms continue moving across the region. Shortly before 11: 30 a. m. , Doppler radar showed thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warning area, which includes…...
Innovative flood monitoring system could save lives
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (650+ words) A Texas A&M Engineering team created a low-cost system that provides real-time, accessible alerts to support safer decision making for drivers and emergency responders. May 28, 2026 By Jennifer Nichols, Contributor (From left) Parker Williamson, Robert Beal, Logan Sawyer, David Soto,…...
USACE and City of Cedar Rapids Break Ground on Next Phase of Flood Control System
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (86+ words) [Image 2 of 3] DVIDS USACE and City of Cedar Rapids Break Ground on Next Phase of Flood Control System [Image 2 of 3] CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, UNITED STATES U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District /search/unit/USACE-RI /rss/unit/2310 Official groundbreaking shovels…...
Queens recovering after severe floods
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (578+ words) Flooding was spotted in Rego Park the morning after the May 20 storm, on southbound Woodhaven Boulevard next to St. John's Cemetery, near the Cooper Avenue-Yellowstone Boulevard intersection. Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms caused severe flooding and road closures across Queens the…...
Sumatra post-disaster management reaches permanent recovery phase
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (23+ words) ANTARA News Sumatra post-disaster management reaches permanent recovery phase Translator: Fianda Sjofjan, Raka Adji...
Ga Mantse Demands Crackdown on Chiefs Over Illegal Sale of Flood-Prone Lands
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (40+ words) The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has urged authorities to take firm action against chiefs accused of selling lands located in waterways and other flood-risk zones, warning that such practices are worsening the country's flooding crisis....
Regional Minister urges collective action to tackle chronic floods in Accra
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (23+ words) Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Obenewaa Ocloo, has emphasised that flood prevention is a shared responsibility and not the government's burden alone....