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California monitors flood conditions after powerful New Year’s Eve storm

By Associated Press

Flood warnings and watches are in effect in parts of Northern California in the aftermath of a powerful storm that drenched the state over New Year's weekend.

WATCH: Buffalo roads reopen as authorities continue search for storm victims

By Associated Press

Roads have reopened in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continue searching for people who may have died or remain stranded after last week's blizzard.

WATCH: Buffalo officials warn police will enforce driving ban after snow storm, flooding a risk

By Carolyn Thompson, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Officials in New York say state and military police were sent to keep people from driving in snow-choked Buffalo.

As catastrophic floods hit Nigeria, families left to flee

By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press

This year, heavy rains inundated Nigeria and neighboring countries, causing flooding the region hasn't seen in at least a decade. Hundreds have died.

After a year of extreme floods and severe drought, what is Missouri doing about climate change?

By Gabrielle Hays

Record-breaking rainfall coupled with severe flash flooding destroyed hundreds of Missouri homes and businesses in July. Drought grew so severe in October, the Mississippi and Missouri rivers could only support limited, crucial barge traffic.

Months after historic floods, St. Louis picks up the pieces

By Gabrielle Hays

Two months after flash flooding killed two in the area and displaced several more, hundreds of homeowners and business owners in and around St. Louis find themselves in similar predicaments.

News Wrap: Teenager accused in N.C. mass shooting, DOJ seeks end to special master review

By PBS NewsHour

In our news wrap Friday, police say a 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after shooting and killing five people in Raleigh, North Carolina, the U.S. Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to end an outside review of documents…

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Lack of flood insurance leaves families with broken homes following Hurricane Ian

By Rebecca Santana, Michael Phillis, Associated Press

The Insurance Information Institute says only about 4 percent of homeowners nationwide have flood insurance although 90 percent of catastrophes in the U.S. involve flooding.

Rising rivers threaten inland Florida towns with flooding after Hurricane Ian

By Adriana Gomez Licon, Curt Anderson, Associated Press

Since Ian's passage, water levels have gone up significantly, turning roads into canals, reaching mailboxes, flooding SUVs and trucks, blocking the main access to a an interstate highway and leaving families trapped in their waterlogged homes.