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Torrential rains caused historic flooding in the Kansas City area Tuesday , leaving one man dead in Kansas and others stranded for hours by high water. Water rescues and evacuations kept police and firefighters busy with hundreds of calls after as much as 9 inches of rain fell starting Monday night . Flooding made many roads impassable, trapping people at homes and businesses along the Blue River and Indian Creek, which set a new record of 28.22 feet overnight and topped its banks after record flooding last month. Water spilling out of Indian Creek inundated bridges , businesses, apartments and houses. For just the second time ever, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency alert for the entire Kansas City area . The first time was last August. Johnson County declared a state of local disaster, and an American Red Cross shelter in south Kansas City took in nearly 20 people by Tuesday afternoon , when flood waters started to recede. Early Tuesday in Miami Coun...

Torrential rains caused historic flooding in the Kansas City area Tuesday , leaving one man dead in Kansas and others stranded for hours by high water. Water rescues and evacuations kept police and firefighters busy with hundreds of calls after as much as 9 inches of rain fell starting Monday night . Flooding made many roads impassable, trapping people at homes and businesses along the Blue River and Indian Creek, which set a new record of 28.22 feet overnight and topped its banks after record flooding last month. Water spilling out of Indian Creek inundated bridges , businesses, apartments and houses. For just the second time ever, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency alert for the entire Kansas City area . The first time was last August. Johnson County declared a state of local disaster, and an American Red Cross shelter in south Kansas City took in nearly 20 people by Tuesday afternoon , when flood waters started to recede. Early Tuesday in Miami Coun...

Aug. 22-- Torrential rains fell overnight causing historic flooding in south Kansas City and leading to water rescues and evacuations. As many as 9 inches of rain fell since Monday. Early Tuesday, firefighters rescued a woman stranded in a tree at 103rd Street and Wornall Road when Indian Creek flooded the area. That creek, which saw record flooding last month, set a new record of 28. 22 feet overnight . A family of seven were trapped on top of their roof after rushing floodwaters surrounded their home at 155th Street and Kenneth Road. The Overland Park Fire Department have been in contact via phone with the family of three adults and four children and their pets. Because they are not in immediate danger and the water levels around them are receding, crews will allow those water levels to drop to safer levels before evacuating the family. Firefighters said the family is calm. Floodwaters were out of the banks of Indian Creek and over bridges as businesses, apartments and homes we...

(TNS) - Torrential rains fell overnight causing historic flooding in south Kansas City , Mo., and leading to water rescues and evacuations. As many as 9 inches of rain fell since Monday. Early Tuesday firefighters rescued a woman stranded in a tree at 103rd Street and Wornall Road when Indian Creek flooded the area. That creek, which saw record flooding last month, set a new record of 28. 22 feet overnight . A family of seven were trapped on top of their roof after rushing floodwaters surrounded their home at 155th Street and Kenneth Road. The Overland Park Fire Department have been in contact via phone with the family of three adults and four children and their pets. Because they are not in immediate danger and the water levels around them are receding, crews will allow those water levels to drop to safer levels before evacuating the family. Firefighters said the family is calm. Floodwaters were out of the banks of Indian Creek and over bridges as businesses, apartments and home...

Road closures throughout Southwest Florida2017 -08-28T17:56:46Z2017-08-25T15:11:05Z2017-08-28T17:44:13Z Flashing flooding throughout the Southwest Florida area has closed down numerous roads. List of SWFL schools closed Monday2017 -08-28T13:49:20Z2017-08-27T20:03:37Z2017-08-28T13:49:20Z Despite previously announcing that schools would be open Monday, the Lee and Collier county school districts announced all schools will be closed. Rain continues to flood parts of Lee County2017-08-28T16:38:42Z2017-08-27T14:43:57Z2017-08-28T16:38:42Z Relentless rain has caused the worst flooding seen in Southwest Florida in recent years -- and it's not over yet. Elderly couple rescued from Fort Myers home2017 -08-28T10:05:33Z2017-08-28T09:51:44Z2017-08-28T10:05:33Z An elderly couple was rescued from their Fort Myers home in an area where flooding is only getting worse. 2 sought in Cape armed robbery By Joshua Clay Digital producer 2017-08-28T15:25:57Z2017-08-28T08:49:42Z2017-08-28T15:25:57...

Ruth Bennett woke up at 1 a.m. and looked through the doorway of her independent living apartment in Walker, about 20 miles west of Baton Rouge. It was Aug. 13, 2016, and rain had been pouring down for two days. Bennett was worried about her car flooding. She saw water creeping up to the parking lot, but her  car looked safe . She crawled back into bed.  Two hours later, one of the employees of Southern Pines Retirement Community  was pounding on Bennett's door. Not only had Bennett's car flooded, the facility was surrounded by water. The employee told Bennet to grab what she needed, including her medicine. "In two hours it had come from nothing," Bennett recalled recently . "It was very frightening, especially when you're old." The elderly and children are among the most vulnerable populations to extreme weather events . That's in part because they often do not have the ability to mobilize quickly or on their own, and they're at a greater risk...

Consumers found empty shelves Thursday in the bottled water section at the Kroger on Buffalo Speedway. The store is expecting truckloads of water today before Harvey reaches landfall . Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, TSHarveyPrep / Houston Chronicle" class="landscape" /> Consumers found empty shelves Thursday in the bottled water section at the Kroger on Buffalo Speedway. The store is expecting truckloads of water today before Harvey reaches landfall ." src="src" /> Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, TSHarveyPrep Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Consumers found empty shelves Thursday in the bottled water section at the Kroger on Buffalo Speedway. The store is expecting truckloads of water today before Harvey reaches landfall . Consumers found empty shelves Thursday in the bottled water section at the Kroger on Buffalo Speedway. The store is expecting truckloads of water today before Harvey reaches landfall . Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, ...