Heaven knows the last thing the flooded San Joaquin Valley needs is more rain. But significant rain is in the forecast starting Monday night, with Fresno and surrounding communities seeing as much as 1.5 inches through Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford. Meanwhile, the Climate Prediction Center...

The reports were quick and grim at an all-hands-on-deck flood operations briefing Wednesday morning at the International Agri-Center in Tulare. A bridge over Cross Creek in Kings County had just washed out at Houston Avenue south of Hanford, the CalTrans rep told dozens of emergency workers from fire, roads, rail,...

The term "atmospheric river" has become old hat for Californians, who've experienced 12 of them through winter and the start of spring. However, other perhaps unfamiliar meteorological descriptions are being introduced to Golden State residents amid the unrelenting rain and snow. Tuesday produced what is known as the "Fujiwhara effect"...

Jack Mitchell’s phone is ringing off the hook these days, but he almost always picks up. The head of the Deer Creek Storm Water District is busy coordinating crews and heavy equipment at multiple sites as he attempts to shepherd flood water from the Poso and Deer Creeks and White...

The drama was high on the Tulare Lake bed Saturday as flood waters pushed some landowners to resort to heavy-handed and, in one instance, illegal tactics, to try and keep their farm ground dry — even at the expense of other farmers and some small communities. Someone illegally cut the...