January 14, 2016 NOAA: Latest El Nino is now tied for strongest ever This El Nino is turning out to be one for the record books.
January 7, 2016 Sunny skies brighten California after wave of El Nino-driven storms Most of California saw sunny skies again Thursday after days of powerful El Nino-driven storms drenched the region, stopping cable cars in San Francisco, stranding motorists and dumping heavy snow in northern Arizona.
January 4, 2016 Levees among possible cause of more frequent Mississippi River flooding The Mississippi River floods more often than it used to, and at higher levels. Richard Knaup thinks he knows why.
January 4, 2016 Parts of Missouri and Illinois brace for new flooding as families return home Cleanup and damage assessment after deadly flooding in Missouri and Illinois could take weeks, as forecasters warn some flood waters could rise again.
January 3, 2016 Illinois, Missouri assess damage, cleanup after flooding The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries continued their retreat Sunday from historic and deadly winter flooding, leaving amid the silt a massive cleanup and recovery effort likely to take weeks if not months.
January 2, 2016 St. Louis-area residents face massive cleanup, recovery As the Mississippi River and its tributaries retreated Saturday from historic winter levels that flooded towns, forced evacuations and killed two dozen people, residents in the St. Louis area were facing a massive cleanup and recovery effort that will likely last weeks.
January 2, 2016 Governors tour flooded areas amid threat to more homes Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri and Gov. Bruce Rauner of Illinois toured flood-ravaged areas Saturday as near-record crest predictions of the Mississippi River and levee breaks threatened more homes.
January 1, 2016 Mississippi River tops levee in southern Illinois Authorities in Southern Illinois urged residents living behind the Len Small levee to move to higher ground after Mississippi River water topped it.
December 31, 2015 Flooding forcing evacuations, traffic troubles in Missouri Floodwater was starting to recede at some water-logged Midwestern communities Thursday, but hundreds of homes were damaged, hundreds more remained evacuated, and getting through St. Louis by car, boat or train was increasingly difficult.
December 30, 2015 Rescue crews assist with evacuations in Midwest flooding As swollen rivers and streams pushed to heights not seen in nearly a quarter-century, officials in Missouri and Illinois helped residents get to higher ground Wednesday amid fears that already dire conditions could worsen as floodwaters began spilling over federal levees protecting communities and farmland.