The North Fork of the American River at Auburn rose thirty-five feet, and in many other mountain streams the rise was almost as great. On the 9th the flood reached the low land of the Sacramento ...

But Rachel Healy, of Healy’s Bakery in Cork, the sixth generation of her family involved in the business, has also spoken of her gratitude as offers of help and support flood in. She fought back ...

The atmospheric river storm hitting Northern California is set to bring heavy rain to the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday, potentially triggering flooding. In the mountains, the National Weather ...

History certainly is a wonderful thing. The stories, the people, and the places all return to life for a brief moment when we take a little time to explore the past – especially when it took ...

From Jan. 31 - Feb. 1, 1953, 72 years ago tonight, a powerful storm with high winds pushed a catastrophic surge of water from ...

You might be familiar with the Boston Tea Party, but for many Bostonians, there’s another food-centric event that comes to mind as they reflect on local history: the Great Molasses Flood.

This surge of water during a spring tide, no less, overwhelmed the Dutch flood defenses at the time. Almost 500 breaches were punched in flood-control dikes, allowing the North Sea to spill into ...