According to insurance industry research, an average of 14,000 people per day experience a water emergency — like basement flooding — in their home or business and 98% of basements will suffer water ...

When the basement floods, the first thing you notice is water. The second thing you notice is the smell. What you don't see right away, though, is the real problem sneakily setting in. Mold can appear ...

Basement flooding during heavy rainfall is a serious concern for many homeowners, especially in urban areas where poor drainage and rapid construction increase waterlogging risks. Beyond damaging ...

At least two people have died in separate basement flooding incidents in New York City Thursday as record-setting rain inundated the region. The man’s neighbor, Renée Phillips, told The New York Times ...

Of the city's 77 neighborhoods, residents in 71 of them called 311 to file a complaint related to water in a basement or the street from 8 a.m. Thursday to 9 a.m. Friday, according to city data.

Almost 1,000 people are without power after the basement of a Safeway grocery store in Wheaton, Maryland, flooded Wednesday, according to officials. Montgomery County Fire crews responded to a call to ...

NEW YORK -- Two people died in flooded New York City basements Thursday during a rainstorm that shut down roadways and caused airport delays, authorities said. A scuba team recovered the body of a ...

Flash flooding from a severe storm in Idaho Falls, Idaho, prompted local authorities to warn residents to stay inside Tuesday night, but doing that for one family led to a more imminent emergency. The ...

Kevin Best, senior director of University strategic communications, wrote to The Daily Tar Heel that there is no firm ...