Despite warning, levees still patchy
After the last devastating flood in the Midwest 15 years ago, a report recommended a more uniform approach to managing rising waters along the Mississippi and its tributaries.
Weary of disaster, tiny towns ponder future
Faced with overwhelming loss, and fears that such devastation will happen again, a question is being asked in tiny towns across the flooded Midwest: Do you fight or flee?
Swollen Mississippi River bursts levees
Volunteers keep piling up sandbags as floodwaters inundate more towns and farms.
N.C. workers have highest death toll from heat
North Carolina's workers have the highest death rate from heat stress in the country, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Thursday.
Two in mobile home killed by heat stroke
State Briefs: Authorities say two people found dead in a mobile home outside Greenville died of heat stroke.
River bursts through levee
Midwest flooding troubles continue.
Floodwaters carry danger
The floodwaters that deluged much of Iowa have spread a noxious brew of sewage, farm chemicals and fuel that could sicken those who wade in.
Hundreds flee Iowa City deluge
Swollen river floods 16 university buildings; Cedar Rapids getting water back.
Swimmers ice down Raleigh pool
With the recent heat wave, the temperature of the pool at the Lakemont Swim & Tennis Club had risen as high as 90 degrees.
About 3,000 lose power during storm
About 3,000 Progress Energy customers in Wake County lost power Saturday during evening thunderstorms, officials said.
Swollen river overtakes Cedar Rapids
More than 400 blocks of the Iowa city are underwater, and the capital may be next.
Air quality worsens
State air quality officials warned residents in much of Eastern North Carolina to take immediate precautions Friday as winds continued to blow smoke from a giant wildfire at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.
