A brave man realized he needed to do something to rescue a trapped woman from dangerous floodwaters in North Carolina.

Organizers have given revelers and others at Burning Man the okay to go home. Heavy rain fell late last week.

Bryce Canyon National Park says they found the body of a 64-year-old woman who failed to show up after she went on a hike on Friday.

Hurricane Hilary left plenty of flooding, as well as road closures and some damage to several U.S. National Parks.

Flooding in the state went as high as the windows of businesses, sweeping away roadways and pushing dam systems to the brink.

Flash floods are so-called because they can happen literally in minutes, both out in the wild and also in urban environments. Causes include heavy rain, natural phenomena like earthquakes or from the build-up of water in lakes and rivers, which then overflow. They happen frequently and they kill regularly, so it’s good to know how [...]