What do you do when you're not near the beach but you love wakeboarding? Tack up your horse and find a flooded bar ditch! In the case of 17-year-old wakeboarder Jett Counts, that is exactly what he did in Florida's Cracker Swamp as he was pulled by his brother Jody Counts. "How fast we going?" he yells to the…

Typhoon Megi made landfall in eastern Taiwan early on Sept. 27 as NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead. At 1:25 a.m., EDT (0525 UTC) on Sept. 27, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Typhoon Megi. At the time, its cloud-filled 30 nautical-mile wide eye had…

  A massive fire in California's Santa Cruz Mountains grew rapidly Monday. It started around 2:45 pm as a structure fire and grew to 1000 acres Monday night. By then, crews had only achieved 5% containment. Cal Fire is teaming up with San Jose Fire Departments and multiple other agencies in an attempt to control…

Sizzling temperatures scorched the West once again on Monday, with some parts of California setting their all-time warmest September temperatures on record. Oxnard and Camarillo, California both set their all-time warmest September temperatures on record, with each location going well over 100° on Monday. Los Angeles (downtown 104°, LAX 101°) and San Francisco (93°) both…

Starting Monday, Mount Mercy University’s Olson Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic (located at 1650 Matterhorn Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids) will offer free counseling services to community members affected by the flood. Services are available during the clinic’s regular business hours: Monday-Friday, noon to 9 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. The clinic will be…

Since 1851, the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids, Iowa has only surpassed 20 feet twice. The first was in June 2008. The second was on Monday morning. As of Monday night, the river has reached 21 feet and is still rising. It is expected to crest at 23 feet Tuesday morning before slowly falling the…

As flood waters continue to threaten portions of Iowa as the Cedar River rises, residents could not sit back and watch their beloved Paramount Theatre,  in Cedar Rapids be destroyed by rising waters. In a appeal for help, the theater wrote on their Facebook page: " HELP NEEDED: VenuWorks of Cedar Rapids is preparing for the flood…

Over the weekend, Gov. Branstad, Lt. Gov. Reynolds, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard Tim Orr, and Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director Mark Schouten toured flood damage in Clarksville, and Shell Rock,Iowa and assessed flood preparedness plans underway in Cedar Rapids. Due to recent heavy rains, the Cedar River…

From the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex down I-35, heavy rainfall took over the state of Texas this weekend. San Antonio, Texas was once again inundated with thunderstorms early Monday. Bexar and Culman counties were under Flash Flood Warnings during the morning rush hour. School districts were forced to cancel or delay classes due to road closures. Emergency…