ROME, Italy (CNN)-- The Italian capital Rome was spared major damage Saturday as some of the heaviest flooding in the past century reached its peak without bursting the banks of the Tiber river.

"We made an agreement, having been through both floods, that we would come back ... contact with the National Weather Service as the Tiber River rose and raged. The alert sirens sounded just ...

Crews in Ellicott City are set to kick off work on a massive tunnel to fight floods and protect homes ... Project will start upstream of the Tiber-Hudson Watershed as construction begins this ...