Residents in some hard-hit areas said a year of preparation did make a difference. Newly installed flood sirens sounded in ...

More than six million people in 57 counties were under a National Service flood watch, and in some areas flash flood warnings ...

There was no immediate word of any deaths or injuries from the flooding. The Texas Hill Country floods over the July Fourth holiday last year killed more than 100 people.

Emergency responders say better tools and preparation also played life-saving roles after intense storms dropped heavy amounts of rain.

Smoke from the Canadian wildfires that has engulfed the Northeast in haze is expected to mostly clear from the New Jersey ...