July 18, 1912, a flash flood wiped the tiny mining town of Mazuma in Pershing County. Eight people died in the waters.

With weather experts predicting the worst flood in Northern Nevada since 1997, people and government agencies are bracing for the potential disaster, readying businesses and homes along the ...

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Reno area amid heavy rainfall and a winter storm warning in the Sierra Nevada.

Reno is seeing its fourth wettest August on record within the first week of the month. The NWS issued a flash flood watch in effect through Friday.

RENO (AP) - As a new storm brought more rain, local emergency management officials kept up their guard after the Reno area's worst flooding in nine years.Kaydie Paschall, coordinator ...

The City of Reno is supplying free sandbags at several locations. “Just in case you have any flooding in your driveway or your backyard,” said Andrew Patnaude, the City’s Crew Supervisor for ...

Brian Brong, a NWS meteorologist, said this weekend’s extreme rainfall could be on par with the 2005 flood that hit the region, but is not likely to do the harm of the 1997 flood that caused an ...

A team of heavy-machine operators drew a crowd of camera-toting spectators as they plucked downed trees and other dangerous debris from raging floodwaters in Nevada.

The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Flood Advisory to the northern Nevada area on Thursday. Around 5 p. m. on June 3, the NWS issued the advisory for Reno, Sparks, Wingfield Springs ...

It is possible that flooding that we saw in 1997 could happen again. This year has already set up part of the equation for potential flooding. "Reno specifically, our records go back to 1893.

A flood at an elementary school in El Reno led district officials to a much more serious issue: a gas leak. However, the problems didn’t end there. It was bad enough that they had to move ...

Washoe County spokeswoman Nancy Leuenhagen said nearly 400 dwellings had been evacuated in the Reno area and hundreds of people were expected to be housed overnight in emergency shelters.