Despite complicated politics of trying to rebuild and mitigate against future floods, local knowledge provides path for flexible solutions.

Flooding is impacting the southeast after a day of heavy rain. Video from Southmont, North Carolina shows clay being brought down a hill and into a flooded lake Thursday.

Cabarrus and Rowan counties in North Carolina were placed under a flood advisory on Thursday due to heavy rains. The National ...

"Showers and thunderstorms located over the Florida peninsula, the southeastern U.S. coast, the northwestern Bahamas, and the ...

Shelved plans from ’60s for Tennessee Valley Authority project in N.C. unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ...

Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy ...

FEMA’s maps underplay risks everywhere, but especially in mountainous regions like rural North Carolina and Tennessee where Helene unleashed the most catastrophic flooding. When the research ...

FLOOD MAPS. SIGN UP FOR LOCAL EMERGENCY ALERTS ... most notably the ferocious winds and powerful waves. However, North Carolina hurricane history has shown us that the deadliest and most ...

NORTH CAROLINA — Six months after Hurricane Helene ... The delay is partly due to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) updating flood plain maps, which will determine eligibility ...

The city of Fayetteville told Locks Creek residents Tuesday night they could make it easier for them to get in and out of their neighborhood during a flood but could not do much about the flooding ...