The sensors, which are being deployed over the next 18 months, use sonar technology to detect when water levels rise and create real-time flood maps for different city agencies.

A proposal to build a huge reservoir in rural Louisiana to help reduce downstream flooding in Baton Rouge area neighborhoods has foundered amid stiff opposition -- again.

Austin Police are asking the public to stay home due to flooding caused by storms on Sunday night. On Facebook, APD shared a photo of flooding on Main St./11th Ave

The family of three was killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall in the Chattanooga suburb of East Ridge just after midnight, Hamilton County OEM spokesperson Amy Maxwell said. No one else is believed to be missing at this time, officials said.

The flood watch issued on Sunday remains in place through the morning, with the NWS saying new showers and storms "will lead to a chance for additional flooding and flash flooding," while also noting that the Twin Cities could be impacted during the morning commute.

Flash floods forced the Wisconsin State Fair to cancel its final scheduled date, disrupting its million-visitors streak of recent years.

Flash flooding hit several Midwestern states over the weekend, submerging cars in Milwaukee and killing at least one person in eastern Nebraska, officials said.

People living in a tower block have said the building's management failed to tell them about a severe flood in its basement car park. Brooke House in Basildon, Essex, was evacuated after the flooding on 18 July and Basildon Council said it would be "uninhabitable" for three months.

Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.