flooding

There were many of good deeds on the Hawaiian island of Kauai over the past week and one particularly bad one. Hawaii's stunning "garden island" is not yet recovered from its worst flooding in decades following a powerful storm that surged through the island over the weekend. The...

ST. PAUL—When he's not selling shovels, snow salt and snowblowers, hardware store owner Kendall Crosby has fought quiet battles in his own home against ice dams and basement flooding. "My first house flooded every time it rained," said Crosby, proprietor of Kendall's Ace Hardware...