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The entrance to the Burning Man counterculture festival in the Nevada desert has been closed due to flooding from storms RENO, Nev. -- Thousands of Burning Man attendees trudged in sloppy mud on Saturday — many barefoot or wearing plastic bags on their feet — as flooding from storms swept through the Nevada desert, forcing organizers to close vehicular access to the counterculture festival. Revelers were urged to shelter in place and conserve food, water and other supplies. Vehicular gates will be closed for the remainder of the event, which began on Aug. 27 and was scheduled to end on Monday, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the Black Rock Desert where the festival is being held. More than one-half inch of rain is believed to have fallen on Friday at the festival site, located about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Reno, the National Weather Service in Reno said. At least another quarter of an inch of rain is expected Sunday. The Reno Gazette Jou...

Evacuation warnings were in place in rural Northern California on New Year’s Day after a powerful storm brought drenching rain or heavy snowfall to much of the state, breaching levees, snarling traffic and closing major highways SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Evacuation warnings were in place in rural Northern California on New Year's Day after a powerful storm brought drenching rain or heavy snowfall to much of the state, breaching levees, snarling traffic and closing major highways. Major flooding occurred in agricultural areas about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Sacramento, where rivers swelled beyond their banks and inundated dozens of cars along State Route 99. Emergency crews rescued motorists on New Year's Eve into Sunday morning and the highway remained closed. Residents of the low-lying communities of Point Pleasant, Glanville Tract and Franklin Pond near Interstate 5 were told to prepare to leave before more roadways are cut off by rising water and evacuation b...

More than 5 inches of rain fell in downtown San Francisco on Saturday, setting a new daily record for the city. San Francisco has seen one of its wettest days on record , as a winter storm brought flooding and heavy snow to California. More than 5 inches of rain has fallen in downtown San Francisco on Saturday, setting a new daily record, the National Weather Service for the San Francisco Bay Area said. MORE: Your New Year's Eve weather forecast The last day of the year is also "making a run for wettest calendar day ever," the agency said. As of 5 p.m. local time, 5.45 inches of rain had been reported in downtown San Francisco -- making it the second-wettest day in the area since record s began in 1849, the agency said. The current local record of 5.54 inches was set on Nov. 5, 1994. With the city a mere nine-hundredths of an inch away from the rainy day local record, "We'll see how the band to the west of the city affects the totals," the National Weath...

After a historic, deadly snowstorm, Buffalo, New York is now bracing for potential flooding as temperatures are expected to rise. Residents of western New York are going from shoveling snow to filling sandbags as a historic blizzard that killed at least 38 people in metropolitan Buffalo gives way to a big meltdown with temperatures forecast to soar. A record 51 inches of snow over the Christmas weekend paralyzed New York's second largest city, which is now facing fears of flooding as the mercury is expected to climb into the 50s on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The warm-up has already started, with Buffalo hitting a relatively balmy 40 degrees Thursday morning. MORE: Buffalo storm victims: What we know about the lives lost Pedestrians walk along Ellicott Street in downtown Buffalo, Dec. 28, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. John Normile/Getty Images With mountains of snow piled up in Buffalo and surrounding communities in Erie County, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has ...