Isaac Floods Gulf Coast - But Won't Impact Calif. Gas Prices
Newly downgraded Tropical Storm Isaac plodded its way across Louisiana on Wednesday, inundating parts of a mostly rural area southeast of New Orleans with drenching rains and fierce winds.
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Newly downgraded Tropical Storm Isaac plodded its way across Louisiana on Wednesday, inundating parts of a mostly rural area southeast of New Orleans with drenching rains and fierce winds.
Fourteen households displaced by Tuesday's water main break in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley neighborhood were being allowed to go home Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the city's Public Utilities Commission said.
Students were evacuated from a school in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley neighborhood, where a major water main break has shut down streets and flooded homes.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission was working Friday morning to clean up a mess in Fisherman's Wharf caused by a water main that ruptured earlier in the day.
A section of an Emeryville street was closed Wednesday morning after a water main break, while a second, smaller water main ruptured in Berkeley Wednesday.
Crews shut off a water main in Menlo Park after it broke spilled water into the streets for nearly three hours Monday morning, police said.
A storm system has brought heavy rains and winds to the Bay Area and Northern California, flooding roads and downing trees.
A vehicle traveling down the crooked block of San Francisco's Lombard Street struck a fire hydrant Friday afternoon, causing water to flood into some nearby homes.
The Lower Silver Creek project will help with flooding int he area, which has been an issue for 3,800 properties.
It wasn't the water damage but the fact that there was a gasoline pipeline in the same area that had residents concerned.
A water main broke Friday morning on Elm Street in South San Francisco, flooding several cars and forcing the evacuation of seven houses.
In addition to property insurance policies you can also purchase a federal flood policy. The catch is that you can only get the policies through one of a select group of insurers that are authorized by the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA).
When most people buy insurance, they think they are covered. But when disaster strikes, not all insurance companies or policies are created equal.
Consumer advocates and car experts are warning that flood-damaged cars from the Midwest are on their way west.
Flash floods back in March caused massive damage in the city of Capitola but the town has been rebuffed in its request for federal disaster assistance from FEMA.
Capitola has not yet received disaster relief following those large storms in March that led to flash floods. Damage following the March floods is estimated at $17 million, AND Capitola's emergency reserves are gone following flood repairs.
Humboldt County officials are closely monitoring a large landslide that caused a creek to flood and prompted the closure of a school.
Capitola city leaders are considering whether or not to reopen a mobile home park that was damaged by two days of flooding last week to its former residents.
Crews have been working around the clock to replace the ruptured pipe that caused flooding in Capitola Village before more rain falls on Saturday.
Officials in Capitola are expected to issue an emergency proclamation following two flash floods that forced the evacuation of a mobile home park and damaged businesses.
The Bay Area was cleaning up Saturday after a new storm dumped more rain on already saturated soil, causing more flooding and landslides.
Rushing water from Thursday's storm destroyed the home of a family of beavers living in Alhambra Creek in downtown Martinez, but the creatures themselves appear to have survived, the founder of a beaver advocacy group said Friday.
The month's most powerful storm slammed the Bay Area on Thursday, flooding roadways, knocking out power to thousands and triggering evacuations due to an overflowing river.
Homeowners in Lake County are stocking up on sandbags, as officials warn that Clear Lake may flood for the first time in 13 years.
A flood protection project is moving forward in San Jose, despite a lack of federal funding.
