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Federal grant to help pay for damages from last year's spring flooding in Weber County

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 8:34pm

OGDEN -- The Weber County Emergency Management department presented the Debris Removal Final Report to the county commission.

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Farmington City Council to address groundwater issues for development project

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 10:42pm

FARMINGTON — Preliminary steps for a small subdivision project on the city’s west side already are bringing a flood of concerns.

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A stranded vehicle sits in a flooded ditch on Monday, March 19, 2012 in Tulsa, Okla. Storms shuffled through parts of the south-central United States again Tuesday, bringing more heavy rain and thunder so loud some people in Oklahoma mistook it for an earthquake. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Cory Young)

Loud thunder spooks residents as storms sweep central U.S.

Jeannie Nuss, Ken Miller The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 11:51am

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Storms shuffled through parts of the south-central United States again Tuesday, bringing more heavy rain, damaging winds and thunder so loud some people in Oklahoma mistook it for an earthquake.

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Flooding feared after storms pound central U.S.

Katie Fretland The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 6:51am

OKLAHOMA CITY — Residents and businesses from southeast Texas north through western Missouri braced for flooding Tuesday after a violent band of storms brought heavy rain, hail and at least one tornado, with more of the same forecast for the next several days.

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Commission to consider 13 bids for flood-control work in Layton

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 8:42pm

FARMINGTON — A diversion project to control high flows in the Kays Creek channel and prevent potential flooding of east Layton homes has drawn more than a dozen bids for the work.

On Tuesday, the Davis County Commission received 13 bids from area contractors for the 2900 East diversion project in Layton.

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Jacksonville, Florida. While Florida has the greatest number of people at risk, researchers found vulnerable populations on every coast, with Louisiana, California, New York and New Jersey following close behind.

Rising sea levels threaten millions, reports find

Tony Barboza Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 5:06pm

About 3.7 million people in the United States live within several feet of the high-tide line and are at increasing risk of coastal flooding as sea levels rise because of global warming, according to new reports.

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Social media sites help aid agencies, families after disasters

Deborah M. Todd Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 4:29pm

As a series of catastrophic storms and twisters touched down in at least 10 states the end of last month, those in the midst of the destructive weather tapped into social media sites to report the status of their neighborhoods and to try to connect with lost loved ones.

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A state Dept. of Transportation mini loader moves debris from a landslide which closed part of the road leading to the Wailua Marina on the Wailua River, Monday, March 5, 2012 as rains continue to fall on Kauai's East side and North Shore. (AP Photo/The Garden Island, Dennis Fujimoto)

Rain causes flooding, mudslides in Hawaii

Kim Murphy Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 6:35pm

Anyone dreaming of a sunny winter break in Hawaii this week can forget it: Gov. Neil Abercrombie has declared a disaster on the islands of Kauai and Oahu after days of relentless rain caused flooding, mudslides, waterspouts, hail and dangerously high surf.

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Families flee as floods swamp Australia's southeast

Sid Astbury Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 6:17pm

SYDNEY -- There was good news Tuesday for Wagga Wagga, the city in southeast Australia that had braced for its worst flooding in 159 years.

The swollen Murrumbidgee River peaked below the height of the New South Wales farming town's protective levee.

The 11-meter defenses held steady as the river rose to 10.56 meters, below the record set in 1853 and below the level in 1974 when the last big flood hit town.

But the 9,000 people ordered out of their homes after a week of record-breaking rain will not be allowed back until officials give the all-clear.

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Tropical storm Irina kills 65 in Madagascar

Klaus Heimer Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 6:19pm

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar -- Tropical storm Irina has killed at least 65 people in Madagascar, mostly on the southeastern end of the island, according to reports Tuesday.

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Clinton officials refuse comment, action over flooding claim until lawsuit resolved

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 7:16pm

CLINTON — Fernando Orosco has periodic flooding in his basement. Orosco claims that, based on lab testing, the water is culinary water, which he suspects is coming from a Clinton city water leak.

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Ivins resident John Bangerter talks Thursday, Feb. 23. 2012 in St. George, Utah about a flash flood that swept through the Zion National Park Narrows 50 years ago. Bangerter and most of the members of his outdoor expedition group caught up in the flood survived, but five participants were killed. Springdale's police chief is trying to determine if a partial skull found five years ago in the river is from one of the victims who was never found. (AP Photo/The Spectrum, Kevin Jenkins)

Survivor of 1961 Utah flash flood recalls tragedy

Kevin Jenkins The Spectrum

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 6:15pm

ST. GEORGE -- Somewhere beneath the waters of the Virgin River -- perhaps even of Lake Mead more than 100 miles downstream -- lie the remains of two Boy Scouts killed 50 years ago in a flash flood that swept through the Zion National Park Narrows.

A skull fragment recovered from the river five years ago and believed to be from one of the flood victims is evidence of the passage of time since the deadly incident. Even now, the memory of that day in September 1961 doesn't rest easily for one of the survivors of the ill-fated trek undertaken by a wilderness expedition group called Socotwa.

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Weber County requests flood repair funding

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 12:14am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Weber County officials are asking the state to provide $750,000 to help deal with the impact of flooding last year in the Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area.

The request is targeted at managing the flow of water from the Weber River on state land into the bay following significant damage caused by flooding last May.

The request was aired Monday morning before the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee, which is expected to consider the request in coming days as it develops a list of priorities to forward to the Executive Appropriations Committee.

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(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Kim Hight pumps icy water out of her yard in Liberty on Friday. Warm weather and rain have caused a lot of snowmelt in areas of Ogden Valley.

Liberty residents tired of rainy January

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 8:37am

LIBERTY — Brad Stark has lived in Liberty for decades and never has he seen so much water.

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Flooding forces I-15 closure in Box Elder County

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 7:37pm

PLYMOUTH -- Flooding has forced the closure Saturday afternoon of the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 15 near Plymouth in Box Elder County.

The closure began about 12:45 p.m. and crews are on the scene attempting to clear water from the roadway, said officials with the Box Elder County Dispatch Center. Traffic is being rerouted along State Road 13. Union Pacific Railroad has also halted train traffic because of water across tracks in the Riverside area.

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