Using historical forecasts, reservoir storage and river flow data, scientists found that FIRO, combined with a planned second spillway at New Bullards Bar, could provide additional flood storage ...

Fire officials emphasize that the maps are intended to show hazard, not risk — like flood-zone maps that show the probability an area will be submerged, rather than the effects of submersion.

It has just completed a study on the effectiveness of buffer zones in improving river water quality and reducing the incidence of silt entering waterways, NREB controller Peter Sawal said after ...

(BCN) — Areas of Orinda, Richmond, Moraga, San Pablo, Lafayette, Antioch, Clayton, El Cerrito, Brentwood, Danville, Concord, and Pinole are considered very high ...

The fire marshal's office said the maps evaluate "hazard," not "risk." "They are like flood zone maps, where lands are described in terms of the probability level of a particular area being ...

NEARLY 100 flood alerts and warnings have been put in ... Incident response staff are on site in affected areas to actively check river levels and the weather forecast. Travel disruption is ...

For a little more than a month, Russian troops occupied the exclusion zone, where they found themselves prisoners of their own occupation. Although the Russians had all the firepower, they had to ...

Like flood zone maps, the assessments don’t account for mitigation efforts like fuel reduction projects or defensible space. Property owners in higher hazard areas would have to use more ember ...

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT’S LIKELY GOING TO BE NEAR NORMAL POOL The flood warning on the Ohio River in Louisville has been canceled.The river level has dropped below flood stage.It was below 22.31 ...

The city is monitoring Paradise Creek, Hogg Creek and the South Fork of the Palouse River. Officials are asking residents to clear ice and snow from storm drain lids near their homes. Sandbags are ...