Flooding

Gov. Kristi Noem has signed an order expanding emergency flood relief to two more counties.

After flooding damaged dozens of Spearfish homes, including an apartment building for elderly and disabled people, recovery has continued for those most effected.

After Spearfish Creek flooded days ago, now comes relief efforts. For residents in one particularly hard-hit building, that could be a long process.

Watertown and the surrounding area is still dealing with flooding. Lake Kampeska has crested, and nearby Pelican Lake has become the focus looking forward.

Heavy snowfall this winter raised flood probability in parts of South Dakota. Now, the Big Sioux River is cresting, and communities are putting their flood plans into action.

With winter in the books, get ready to say goodbye to all that snow. But where exactly will the melt go?

Will our higher-than-average winter snowfall lead to higher-than-average spring flooding? Climatologist Laura Edwards has a few predictions.

In The Moment … May 15, 2020 Show 818 Hour 1Unprecedented flooding a year ago devastated many towns in the Midwest and Great Plains. Some are still…

State climatologists and hydrologists are concerned looking ahead to next spring.As the soil begins to freeze, it’s saturated in many parts of the…

Sixty-three of South Dakota’s 66 counties submitted disaster declarations after this year’s devastating blizzards, floods, and tornadoes. In Governor…