Caltrans Reports Highlights Climate Change Effects On Highway System
The California Department of Transportation has released new reports on the negative effects of climate change on the state's highway system and infrastructure.
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The California Department of Transportation has released new reports on the negative effects of climate change on the state's highway system and infrastructure.
Northbound Union City Boulevard was still shut down between Smith Street and Whipple Road Friday morning after a water main break flooded the street Thursday afternoon.
A water main break reportedly caused by PG&E crews Thursday afternoon has flooded areas along Union City Boulevard, according to authorities.
Heavy rain and storm conditions Wednesday evening caused the National Weather Service to issue an Urban Flood Advisory for portions of the Bay Area lasting until 11:30 p.m.
A steady rain fell steadily across the Bay Area for much of the morning and into the afternoon Wednesday, soaking freeways as Thanksgiving holiday travelers head to their destinations but finally clearing away the smoky air from the Camp Fire.
Hurricane Willa, a potentially catastrophic storm, swept toward Mexico's Pacific coast with winds of 155 mph, the National Hurricane Center said Monday.
The spreading disaster claimed additional lives Sunday, with at least 17 people confirmed dead, and the nation's top emergency official said other states were in the path this week.
Catastrophic flooding from Florence spread across the Carolinas on Sunday, with roads to Wilmington cut off by the epic deluge and muddy river water swamping entire neighborhoods.
Thousands of Bay Area homes are at serious risk of flooding in the next few decades according to a startling new prediction about the threat of rising tides on real estate nationwide.
A new study says California can expect to see a lot more dramatic weather swings over the next several decades.
Up to 6 inches of rain fell over two days as a drenching "atmospheric river" storm swelled rivers and flooded roads in Northern California.
A moist tropical storm system brought unseasonably heavy rain to the Bay Area Friday morning, causing traffic problems and minor flooding in some areas.
A late-season atmospheric river over the Pacific is taking aim at northern and central California.
The Department of Motor Vehicles office at the Coliseum in Oakland will be closed until Monday, at the earliest, due to flooding caused by copper theft, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Downtown San Francisco had a record 3.15 inches of rain on Monday, smashing the old mark of 2.36 inches set in 1872 and making it the city's 16th wettest day since 1849.
People who live in the North Bay are keeping a close eye on the storms moving in Monday with many of the areas impacted by October's deadly fires are at high risk for mudslides and flooding.
Most of the deaths from the storm were in the hard-hit provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur and on the Zamboanga Peninsula, according to an initial government report.
It's been a whiplash of disasters, from drought, floods, and now massive wildfires.
Northern California residents living in the shadow of the nation's tallest dam vented decades of frustration with state water managers Wednesday, telling officials they have no credibility when they say hairline cracks in a newly rebuilt spillway are nothing to worry about.
Residents in a Berkeley neighborhood got a rude awakening Sunday morning when a water main broke and started gushing water into the street.
Both the San Jose City Council and the Santa Clara Valley Water District board of directors approved a joint, creek Emergency Action Plan Friday to be enacted during potential flooding in San Jose.
Nearly a dozen agencies in Sonoma County are working to reduce the risk of flooding and pollution of drinking water by sediment and debris in the wake of the wildfires that devastated the county earlier this month.
The Texas community of Port Arthur found itself increasingly isolated Wednesday as Harvey's rains flooded most major roads out of the city.
Louisiana's governor offered Tuesday to take in Harvey victims from Texas, while Houston officials open two to three more mega-shelters.
