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On January 15, 1919, a molasses storage tank collapsed in Boston's North End, sending two million gallons of the substance flowing down the street, destroying property, and taking lives.

As Commercial Street and the wharf/piers in downtown Portland continued to flood, it seems canoes and rafts have become the new vehicle of choice for the commute to work.

With the problems you could have with a basement, like flooding, is a basement really necessary for homes in New England?

The December storm knocked out power for hundreds of thousands, caused floods and road closures, and even took lives, resulting in near record-high water levels for the Saco, Kennebec, and Androscoggin Rivers.

A local photographer has captured the essence of this horrific storm in Maine, and the pictures take us all by surprise.

The City of Auburn, Maine is on alert as water roaring in the Androscoggin River continues to rise.

Based on the total natural disasters over the past 70 years, Maine and New Hampshire rank as two of the best states to avoid natural calamity in the nation.

See photos and video from all around Central Maine.

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for this weekend.

Be aware, things could be a little wet next week.

With reports of flooding, closed streets, and other emergencies, the seacoast is battling another Nor'easter. However, the Portland Police Department made a humorous discovery this morning.

This video does a great job of showing the true extent of the Kennebec Flooding.

It was a warm spring in 1987 which caused the snow to melt quicker than usual. Add that to a slow moving powerful rain, the rivers and streams couldn't handle the excess water which caused them to crest. What followed was a flood like the state had never seen...

Like many who have been enjoying this warm, summer like weather, I sat down by the river on my lunch break in downtown Augusta, today. The river was quite high, and now the MEMA Site has issued this flood warning. Event: Flood Warning Alert: ...

On March 31, 1987, I was a bartender at Bravo's Mexican Restaurant in downtown Gardiner. I was closing the restaurant for the night, when the owner called me and told me to put out 7 or 8 sandbags in front of the back door (the River side) he had brought in earlier and left in the office as he had heard that it was possible the Kennebec might flood and we could get hit with some minor damage... Re

Amazingly extreme weather in the United States kills 2,000 people a year. Most are from floods and tornadoes but heat waves and cold snaps take their fair share too.  Of 10,000 weather related deaths between from 2006 to 2010, excessive cold accounted for two-thirds of deaths and excessive heat accounts for one-third.