Drought Blamed For Mount Shasta Mudslide, Flooding From Melting Glacier
California's drought is being blamed for glacial melt that caused mudslides and flooding in the Mt. Shasta area.
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California's drought is being blamed for glacial melt that caused mudslides and flooding in the Mt. Shasta area.
Day one of Burning Man in Nevada's Black Rock Desert has turned into a bummer. A freak rainstorm has drenched the festival, forcing organizers to cancel events and lock out thousands of campers because of flooding and mud.
A strong magnitude 6 earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay Area early Sunday morning, centered in the Napa County town of American Canyon, injuring over 170 people, severely damaging historic buildings in downtown Napa, rupturing gas lines and water mains across Napa, Sonoma, and Solano counties leading to multiple fires, plunging thousands into darkness and buckling and cracking roadways on Highway 37 and State Routes 12 and 121.
The alley is a two-block stretch of dirt, potholes and forgotten history -- all of it owned by the City of San Jose.
Thunderstorms that swept across Southern California on Sunday led to the death of one person and caused mountain mudslides that stranded more than 2,000 others, authorities said.
Officials say a broken water pipe flooded parts of the UCLA campus has been shut off after releasing millions of gallons of water.
Water officials are looking into what caused a levee to burst, sending flood waters rushing across a Fresno County highway and into farmland and homes.
Water has been shut off after a burst pipe flooded a street in San Francisco Thursday morning.
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission crews are working to repair a water main break in San Francisco's Outer Mission neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, fire and SFPUC officials said.
Crews were working to repair a broken water line in San Francisco's Lower Haight neighborhood Tuesday morning, a fire dispatcher said.
Caltrans is blaming a group of metal thieves for flooding on Highway 87 during stormy weather Friday morning. The agency said thieves took copper wiring from a sump pump that was supposed to keep water off the road.
All lanes of westbound state Highway 24 in Oakland have reopened after a fatal crash blocked the roadway for more than an hour during Friday's morning commute, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Governor Brown seems fairly confident about the safety of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge, some might say too confident given the unanswered questions about all the problems we've had with the new bridge.
Southbound lanes between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard were shut down
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for the North Bay until 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon as another storm system drenches the region.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Sonoma County. The warning is in effect until 7:30 p.m. Residents should not attempt to cross swiftly flowing water.
he National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Marin and Sonoma Counties Saturday until 10:45 a.m. as a heavy band of rain moves through, swelling urban and small streams.
Thursday morning's wet weather was just a taste of what's to come, as uncommonly dry conditions suddenly change to up to 7 inches of Bay Area rain in some locations.
A U.S. Highway 101 off-ramp near Mill Valley is closed because of high-tide flooding, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Mineta San Jose International Airport's Terminal A was operating normally Tuesday morning following a water main break that partially shut down the terminal on Monday, an airport spokeswoman said.
A California Highway Patrol typo resulted in a "Floosing" warning along the wet 101 freeway late Wednesday morning.
A water main break has flooded streets in downtown Danville Thursday evening.
A 14-inch water main ruptured in Martinez early Thursday morning, sending water gushing down streets in a neighborhood near downtown, a city engineer said.
After reopening briefly Wednesday morning, Oakland police headquarters has been closed to the public again until further notice because of water damage caused by a plumbing problem, a police spokeswoman said.
