New Orleans’ flood barriers are sinking, study finds – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s been nearly 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, killing more than 1,000 people and displacing about one million more. Now there’s a troubling report on the vulnerability of the city’s flood defense system. Kati Weis reports. Be the…
A northern West Virginia region still cleaning up from flash flooding less than two weeks ago was hit with torrential rains that sent creeks over their banks again Thursday night. A flash flood warning was issued for the Wheeling area, about an hour’s drive southwest of Pittsburgh. The National Weather Service said up to 2…
Welch, West Virginia — The flood waters tore through McDowell County in West Virginia so fast in February that Rev. Brad Davis barely had time to grab his two cats before his house was swamped. “The truest meaning of the word ‘apocalypse’ in that it pulled back the veil and just underscored all of the…
Flash flooding caused by torrential rains in northern West Virginia has killed at least eight people, including a 3-year-old child, officials said. The search and rescue continues, and one person is still presumed missing, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said during a press conference on Wednesday. “This is a very challenging time for the residents of Ohio County,” he…
Flash floods sparked by heavy rain hit parts of Virginia, western Maryland and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, leaving a 12-year-old boy missing in Virginia and forcing elementary schools in rural Maryland to evacuate, authorities said. Severe flooding has left parts of Meyersdale Borough in Somerset County underwater after heavy rains pounded the area on Tuesday. In…
Flooding associated with an ongoing atmospheric river is expected to worsen into the weekend, putting millions of people at risk of flood-related impact, including some celebrities. Why It Matters AccuWeather meteorologists this week warned of a 1-in-1,000-year flood posing threats to several states. An AccuWeather spokesperson told Newsweek that floods like this have a 0.1…
“Significant and devastating flooding” in Pikeville, Kentucky — a small town in the eastern part of the state with a population of roughly 7,000 — has left the community submerged in water, the city’s mayor Jimmy Carter said. Dozens of swift water rescues have been conducted since a deluge of rain hit over the weekend,…
Much of the eastern U.S. braced for a renewed round of harsh, soggy weather on Saturday, while snowstorms were predicted in the Northeast and heavy winds brought the threat of tornadoes to the Mississippi Valley. Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Arkansas were under flood warnings, and residents were warned by the National Weather Service to stay…