A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.

Sunshine, gusty winds, and unseasonably warm temps have been the talk of the town this week. So much so that we were able to ...

Residents met with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to discuss the acquisition of 88 flood-prone structures and 39 ...

The recent cold spell allowed quite a bit of ice to rapidly develop on some of the local rivers resulting in significant ice coverage over the last week. The warmer temperatures this week, and ...

Rain showers this morning that could lead to some minor flooding in spots. Temperatures will remain steady around 40.

A flash flood warning for most of the Chicago area was issued Friday afternoon as an unusually rainy January day creates a flooding risk in part due to frozen soil.

The waters will rise slowly when the next great flood comes to Paris. There will be no flash flood that sweeps away infrastructure in an instant. Instead, the River Seine will creep up at a rate o ...

A weekend storm in Los Angeles helped tamp down the most damaging wildfires in California history, but it also brought flooding and mudslides that have shut down highways and schools and left ...

A flood advisory is in effect for portions of north central and northeast Illinois. Excessive rainfall on frozen soils is ...

This surge of water during a spring tide, no less, overwhelmed the Dutch flood defenses at the time. Almost 500 breaches were punched in flood-control dikes, allowing the North Sea to spill into ...