When rain and snowmelt overwhelmed the banks of the Silvies River in Harney County earlier this month, one of authorities’ ...

The idea of constructing a levee, a technique that humans have known about and ... And as it turns out, the artificial embankment was sorely needed. In just hours, the Obion River, which runs adjacent ...

A person was trapped in their vehicle after it crashed down an embankment in Cornwall. Fire crews were called to the scene in Penzance around 4.17pm yesterday afternoon, Saturday, April 12.

SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES LED HERE ON A CITIZENS TIP.. FRIDAY MORNING DEPUTIES WERE BACK AT THE PAJARO SIDE OF THE LEVEE DOING MORE DIGGING, THIS TIME INSIDE A TENT, BUT INVESTIGATORS TIGHT LIPPED ON ITS ...

The woman, who was driving a Toyota 4Runner, lost control and drove down the steep embankment, where firefighters had to descend the slope and extricate her from the SUV, Meriden police said.

Murals have also been painted on the embankment along South Boulevard east of Taylor Avenue and west of Lombard Avenue. The ultimate goal is to have murals painted on the embankment for the entire ...

Police say a 2005 Toyota 4Runner went down a 40 foot embankment in a wooded area. A 19-year-old was trapped in the car. The Meriden Fire Department responded and got her out of the car.

At one site, response crews drove metal sheets into the earthen berm and lined the levee face with heavy rock. The work cost almost $700,000, paid by local farmers who had to take out a loan.

Crews began putting the structures up on Wednesday morning. The Evansville Vanderburgh Levee Authority is preparing for it to rise almost as high as the flood of 1945, reaching around 48 feet.