flooding

For many of us, sea level rise may seem like a distant idea far into the future. However, we are already two decades into the 21st century and the sea level rise has evidently been no ghost to many coastal regions across the globe.

For now, we are experiencing the effects of large-scale rainfall on a smaller scale than what is surely to come as climate change intensifies.

In an attempt to minimize the occurrence of these events in the future, UC Berkeley’s Caustic Committee plans on modifying the current fire hydrants.

Ashby Avenue is flooding beneath the Interstate 80 overpass because of the weather, according to a Berkeley Police Department Nixle alert sent about 10 a.m. Wednesday.

A water valve in the second floor men’s bathroom of LeConte Hall broke early Thursday morning, flooding parts of the first and second floors of the building.