West Sacramento Breaks Ground On Largest Levee Project
May 9, 2017 | Amy Quinton
Construction on the biggest levee improvement project in West Sacramento is now underway. The project will help protect the city from a 200-year flood.
May 9, 2017 | Amy Quinton
Construction on the biggest levee improvement project in West Sacramento is now underway. The project will help protect the city from a 200-year flood.
April 21, 2017
The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a flood advisory for a section of the Truckee River where it flows out of Lake Tahoe.
March 23, 2017 | Bob Moffitt
The Oroville spillway scare, flooding and frequent downpours have underscored the need for flood insurance and flood prevention measures in California. Some of those measures are expensive. But some people will go to great lengths to live near water.
March 22, 2017 | Bob Moffitt
In Mariposa County, lenders are telling some people they need flood insurance even though they don't. Meanwhile, other people who want flood insurance can't find it.
February 28, 2017
(AP) - A San Jose official says an initial estimate puts damage costs from last week's flooding of several residential neighborhoods at $73 million.
January 16, 2017 | Randol White
Experts are saying the massive amount of water from the recent storms are either helping or harming the state's salmon populations.
January 12, 2017 | Bob Moffitt
UPDATE: Sacramento County says crews have found a temporary solution to keep water from breaching Lost Slough. Water spilling over the confluence of the Mokelumne and Cosumnes Rivers also flooded an area near Franklin and Hood Franklin Roads.
January 12, 2017
3:45 P.M. UPDATE: Officials are warning of possible levee failure in south Sacramento County and for people in the area to prepare to evacuate.
January 9, 2017 | Amy Quinton
Jan 10, 6:30 A.M. UPDATE: Round two of a major winter storm arrived early Tuesday in Northern California and Nevada where downpours have already flooded roads and homes and toppled a storied giant sequoia tree.
January 6, 2017 | Bob Moffitt
Sacramento has 15 levee openings that allow vehicle traffic to pass through on most days. In the event of rising river waters, the city closes some of those floodgate openings.