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A newly released after-action report reveals D.C. call takers and supervisors didn’t make clear the severity of the disaster unfolding, didn’t have the codes they needed to do their job and didn’t act as fast as they could, wasting nearly 15 minutes before telling everyone involved that people and dogs were trapped and in danger inside the District Dogs...

An after-action report describes flaws in the emergency response to the flood in which 10 pets drowned at District Dogs. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg has the details.

Storm Team4 meteorologist (and science teacher!) Ryan Miller visited the Potomac River in Old Town to explain what conditions cause overflowing water.

Heavy rain caused flooding Wednesday. News4’s Dominique Moody reports on the rescue of a man whose car got stuck in high water.

About a dozen homes in Southeast D.C. were left without water and heat when a massive sewage backup flooded their furnaces on Monday night. 

The affected residents are now trying to stay warm as they navigate a situation made more complicated by the fact that their homes sit right on the D.C.-Maryland line. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports. 

News4’s Mark Segraves reports from Calvert County, where officials warn coastal flooding could impact the western shore.

Although there’s no storm-specific attribution research yet, Friday’s flooding in New York City matches the pattern of what we expect from climate change. National Climate Reporter Chase Cain explains the connection between extreme rainfall and climate change.

Video shared on Friday showed major flooding at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York.

Video shared on social media shows major flooding across New York and New Jersey.

Construction is complete on the Northeast Boundary Tunnel, which aims to reduce flooding in Northeast more than a month after 10 dogs died in a flooded doggy day care. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

Construction is complete on the Northeast Boundary Tunnel that aims to reduce flooding in Northeast D.C., more than a month after 10 dogs died when floodwaters rose and burst into a nearby doggy day care facility on Rhode Island Avenue. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

DC Water previously said the Northeast Boundary Tunnel will address the District’s flooding problem.

DC Water has completed construction on a water tunnel project aimed to help the area’s recurring flood problem.

Emergency workers have uncovered more than 2,000 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna and fear the toll could surpass 5,000 after floodwaters smashed through dams and washed away neighborhoods.

More than 11,000 were killed after Mediterranean storm Daniel pummeled eastern Libya, causing two dams to burst.

The head of one of Libya’s rival governments says flooding that swept through the eastern parts of the north African nation has left as many as 2,000 people feared dead.

Muddy roads that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days at a counterculture festival had dried up enough by Monday afternoon to allow them to begin their exodus from the northern Nevada desert.

Las Vegas residents are drying out after two days of heavy rainfall that flooded streets, prompted various water rescues, shut down a portion of Interstate 15 south of the city and possibly resulted in at least one death.

Dog owners whose pets drowned in dog day care in a flood-prone area of D.C. met with the mayor Thursday. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.