April 2, 2019 Kansas woman buys out shoe store for Nebraska flood victims A Kansas woman donated 204 pairs of shoes to Nebraska flood victims after buying everything that was left at a closing Payless store.
April 2, 2019 The Latest: Winter storms swell California snowpack The Latest on California officials using a spillway at the nation's tallest dam for the first time in two years and surveying mountain snowpack (all times local): 1:20 p.m. California officials say the Sierra Nevada snowpack is now 162% of average to date, a measurement that determines the outlook for the state's water supplies.
April 2, 2019 Water flows down California dam's rebuilt spillway after 2017 collapse Officials in Northern California released water down the reconstructed spillway of the nation's tallest dam Tuesday.
April 2, 2019 Dems playing politics with disaster relief funds for Midwest, Republicans say Senate Republicans on Monday blasted their Democratic colleagues for blocking a disaster relief bill that was intended to help Midwestern regions affected by flooding because it supposedly didn’t go far enough to help Puerto Rico.
March 28, 2019 Midwest floods threaten ethanol supply, could affect prices at the pump The floods have damaged railroad tracks that transport ethanol from the Midwest to refineries throughout the country, threatening a supply crunch.
March 28, 2019 UN report: Extreme weather hit 62 million people in 2018 The United Nations' weather agency says extreme weather last year hit 62 million people worldwide and forced 2 million people to relocate, as man-made climate change worsened.
March 27, 2019 Air Force says it needs $4.9 billion in disaster relief The Air Force says it will need nearly $5 billion over the next two years to rebuild a Florida base heavily damaged by Hurricane Michael last fall and repair a base in Nebraska struck by flooding this month.
March 25, 2019 Flooding damage extensive in Midwest and more rain forecast Floodwaters are receding across most of the hard-hit Midwest, but there could be new problems if the forecast for significant rain later this week holds up.
March 24, 2019 Midwest, South face 'potentially unprecedented' flooding through May, NOAA says While floodwaters may have receded in parts of the Midwest that have been inundated since the "bomb cyclone" triggered a devastating deluge earlier this month, forecasters are warning that snowmelt and heavy spring rains are creating the threat for major flooding through May.
March 23, 2019 Iowa farmers send relief and love to aid Nebraska flood victims Amidst some of the worst flooding in Nebraska history, Iowa farmers have joined together to bring aid to victims.
