so designers opted for sliding gates, flip gates and other deployable barriers, which can be tucked away when there is no flood threat but must be deployed and maintained while not in use.

The flood crested the previous day ... Dull brown water lapped at the gray clapboard siding, intricate stonework and massive sliding doors. “It’s holding up well,” Novak told Cynthia ...

Residents in Oxford are flood proofing their homes as climate change threatens to bring heavier rain and more extreme weather in the future. Some residents recall that 2007 was the worst year for ...

But if your garden constantly looks like a giant muddy puddle, you might want to add these flood-proof plants to the mix. Yes, whether you have clay-filled soil, want to choose the right plants ...

Hard evidence now shows they were right. A flood of new data — on the national, state and district levels — finds students began this academic year behind. Most of the research concludes ...

The first evidence that humans lived in an area now covered by the Black Sea perhaps inundated by the biblical flood has been found by a team of explorers. "Artifacts at the site are clearly well ...

Steve Barnard, who owns gates and fencing business Sandalwood Gates, based on Elvington Industrial Estate, developed the new product after being contacted about making a bespoke flood-proof gate ...

But this 'flood-proof' design concept may one day be necessary because of rising sea levels across Britain. Not only that, but a new report warns that as many as 25,550 new homes are set to be ...

As thousands in the UK continue to deal with the misery of flooding, the Netherlands is pioneering the field of flood-proof homes. Projects include floating homes, which rise and fall with the ...

Could designing buildings to better accommodate the odd flood help? After experiencing five floods over the course of 15 years, two residents of Wrasbury, a town 18 miles west of London ...

Dr. Robert Ballard, an acclaimed underwater archaeologist, explains the evidence Dec. 10, 2012— -- The story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood is one of the most famous from the Bible ...