Work has formally begun in Louisiana on a $760 million, three-parish levee project that was first proposed a half-century ago. State officials said 17.5 miles of levee and a mile of T-wall will ...

The 855 levee systems throughout the Missouri River basin protect at least half a million people and more than $92 billion in property. But many are broken.

The three sites of the Pajaro River Levee project are located on an image used during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District's press conference at Site No. 1 on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.

In some spots, the Mississippi River swelled to be 80 miles wide. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BROKEN LEVEE BLUES") SIMON: The flood of '27 was immortalized in literature and music, including this tune by ...

U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta and Zoe Lofgren, along with U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler, urged the continued prioritization of the flood risk reduction project critical to protecting disad… ...

A proposed levee project would take out hundreds of trees along the American River near Watt Avenue. American River Trees is ...

State's levees hold up, but system's fragility laid bare June 16, 2019 by Emily Walkenhorst | Updated June 16, 2019 at 3:26 a.m.

Hidden River residents, like McLeod, scrambled to evacuate. Their community's berm had been compromised before after multiple breaks and damages since the community was built on wetlands in the 1960s ...

Apply these words to Tulsa’s levee system — built in the 1940s and still waiting after 38 years for Tulsa’s Arkansas River Levee System to be rebuilt after the city’s disastrous 1986 flood.

After recent flooding tragedies in Texas, New Mexico and North Carolina, St. Johns River Water Management District officials ...

RESERVE, La. - Work has formally begun in Louisiana on a $760 million, three-parish levee project that was first proposed a half-century ago. State officials said 17.5 miles of levee and a mile of ...