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Officials originally constructed the Wood River Levee in the 1950s in the Mississippi River’s floodplain in Madison County.
A $40M levee project in Madison County Illinois upgrades flood defenses, improving safety for residents and businesses along the Mississippi River floodplain.
It's been roughly seven years since the Pueblo Levee Mural held a Guinness World Record. How close are local muralists to taking it back?
Watsonville City Councilmember Casey Clark suspected there might be bodies buried on the Pajaro River levee after encountering a memorial during a walk. His suspicions have only increased as Monterey ...
The groundbreaking for the Marietta Levee Park Project took place on Ohio Street Friday at 2 p.m. The long awaited project will begin around September with a completion date scheduled for a year ...
Conway County's levees protect cities like Morrilton and Plumerville from flooding, but those who raise and lower them say they're broken or in poor condition.
With an upstream gauge out of action, Thargomindah had no way of knowing how much destruction a torrent of floodwaters would have on the outback community. One local, who witnessed the levee break ...
GARLAND CITY, Ark. – A flash flood warning was extended Monday afternoon because of levee breaches along McKinney Bayou in Miller County, Ark.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency warning for Rives, Tennessee, after a levee along Obion River failed, flooding the town.
Levee failure near the Obion River. (NWS Memphis) Chief Rice said this is not the first time the levee has broken. “It broke about two years ago,” Rice said.
LSU students were out Tuesday afternoon on top of the levee sliding down both ways enjoying the weather. LSU officials announced school closures into Thursday.
Floodwaters have breached levees in Iowa, creating dangerous conditions that prompted evacuations as the deluged Midwest faces another round of severe storms.