KALAMAZOO, MI — There are open ditches, streams, channels, pipes and ponds designed to carry rainwater away from homes and businesses across Kalamazoo County. Kalamazoo wants to improve the State ...

Red-winged blackbirds landed on tall grasses in a pond in the Far West Detroit neighborhood on Thursday as rain lightly fell. This body of water isn't just a pond. It's a new $40 million bio-retention ...

For homeowners with basements, nothing is as frustrating and costly as unexpected flooding. A clogged outdoor drain can turn a routine rainstorm into a financial nightmare, leaving behind soaked ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Nedra Sims Fears was growing up in Chatham in the 1960s and ’70s, the basement of her family home flooded at least six times. Twice, the water rose so ...

When Nedra Sims Fears was growing up in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood in the 1960s and ’70s, the basement of her family home flooded at least six times. Twice, the water rose so high that it ...

Tom Mattox’s home is a showstopper. The lawn is perfectly manicured. There are flowers of all kinds dotting the yard, almost daring you to find an unflattering angle. He says that’s what neighbors ...

CHICAGO -- When Nedra Sims Fears was growing up in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood in the 1960s and ’70s, the basement of her family home flooded at least six times. Twice, the water rose so high that ...