Rain runoff is seen in San Rafael's Southern Heights area just south of downtown. Heavy bands of rain were pushing through the Bay Area, triggering urban and roadway flooding, the Weather Service ...

The same is true if you are walking barefoot in natural water where there are rocks and slippery surfaces. In addition, some natural bodies of water contain microorganisms that can lead to infection, ...

San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties have issued public health advisories warning residents to stay out of the ocean during and after rainstorms. Rain runoff carries high levels of ...

Those are now particulates that are in the soil and air, and rain makes it easier for them to reach the ocean rapidly. Following a storm, she expects the waters to have increased amounts of bacteria, ...

The last time flooding this bad occurred was in 2022 when rain runoff filled and overtopped the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District canal, flooding nearby areas in Cottonwood and north of ...

Institution of Engineers, Australia (1987) Australian Rainfall and Runoff: A Guide to Flood Estimation , Vol. 1, Editor-in-chief D.H. Pilgrim, Revised Edition 1987 (Reprinted edition 1998), Barton, ...