Philip Bedient, a professor who studies flood models at Rice University, brought us to one of the county’s most recent undertakings, an enormous, man-made concrete canal full of water. It was recently ...

We are heading into this hurricane season with more uncertainty than usual,” Stein said, because funding for FEMA and NOAA ...

At 8:28 p.m. on Friday, the NWS Raleigh NC released a flood advisory in effect until 10:30 p.m. for Forsyth and Guilford ...

Scientists have increasingly used tide levels to predict flooding on the coast. But two North Carolina professors showed that ...

Leaders in federal, state and local governments often have different ideas about how to mitigate future floods in NC.

Heavy rain moving across North Carolina on Thursday sparked flash flood warnings for some areas in the Sandhills. Lee County officials said emergency crews responded to at least 20 water rescues after ...

From CPP: Rebuild with resilience. Listening to NC people along flood-prone streams, yields insights, solutions, hope. Months ...

Shelved plans from '60s for TVA project in NC unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ecology will make new dams more rare.

In October, CPP reported that large dams on the Catawba River were unable to prevent flooding during Helene. In order to sustain dam safety and power generation, Duke Energy released massive amounts ...

Researchers installed sensors inside stormwater drains and cameras above them in three North Carolina communities. They found a startling amount of flooding.

President Donald Trump and his administration have systematically dismantled the federal emergency response and disaster ...