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 ...

Discovering that your basement is flooding is a nightmare scenario for so many reasons. It can lead to structural damage, ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For the most part, it's great if your house has a basement — whether it's unfinished or a full additional, livable floor in your home. If it's ...

Brit Worgan has developed a simple but effective floodproofing system for the basement level of her South Slope duplex: First, elevate everything. “We have everything raised up as much as we can on ...

THE FORCE FROM THE FLOODING WAS SO INTENSE AND A MUSKEGON NEIGHBORHOOD, MULTIPLE BASEMENT WALLS COLLAPSED. 12 NEWS EMILY POFAHL LIVE THERE FOR US TONIGHT. AND EMILY, THERE IS CERTAINLY MUCH WORK TO ...