Building a house in a floodplain is like flirting with disaster. But what if homeowners don't realize they are living in a floodplain? What if they build on property that could be submerged the next time a hurricane reaches the Hernando County shoreline? ...more

November 10, 2008

Hurricane Gustav caused billions in damages back in September, with the winds and rain paving a path of destruction from Louisiana to Illinois. ...more

October 14, 2008

All of the county, state and U.S. roads in Highlands County were open to traffic by Thursday afternoon as the flood waters from Tropical Storm Fay receded off the roadways. ...more

August 22, 2008

Flood water isolated Paul Algor at his Leisure Lakes home Wednesday. ...more

August 21, 2008

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is my hometown. Although I haven't lived there since 1973, it's still "home" to me in the way that the places where we grow up stay fixed forever in our hearts. It's a genuine "Leave it to Beaver" kind of town where kids ride bikes along tree-lined streets, and people still go downtown to shop. ...more

June 30, 2008

The weakest spot left along the swollen Mississippi River may be the Pin Oak levee, a barrier so tenuous that soil slides down its slope. ...more

June 25, 2008

Hurricane hype season is just a few days away. ...more

May 27, 2008

By not retaining the lessons of the March 13, 1993, coastal flooding emergency, West Pasco residents and officials are having to scramble to get in compliance with Federal Emergency Management Agency flood rules and qualify for bigger flood insurance discounts. ...more

February 23, 2008

Tropical Storm Noel drenched the Bahamas and Cuba on Thursday, while in the storm's wake rescuers in the Dominican Republic headed out in boats and helicopters to reach dozens of communities stranded by floods and mudslides. The death toll in the Caribbean rose to 108. ...more

November 2, 2007