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On June 13, 2008, the Cedar River crested to a historic 31.12 feet, 11 feet higher than the river had gone before. Seventeen years later, Cedar Rapids is more t ...
Climate change is raising the risk of dangerous flooding, especially in coastal communities. For some towns on the Jersey ...
Norfolk’s downtown flood wall project will take an additional four years to finish, Army Corps of Engineers officials told City Council last Tuesday. The update comes as city and elected ...
NOW THAT FLOOD WALL AT BINGHAM WAY WAS REMOVED THIS MORNING. MSD CREWS HAVE ALSO REMOVED THE WALL AT SECOND STREET. THE REMOVAL OF BOTH WALLS WILL ALLOW THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT RAMPS THERE TO I-64 ...
THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REACH 48.5FT, WHICH IS MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. AT THE FLOOD WALLS, YOU CAN SEE FLOOD MARKS SHOWING DIFFERENT WATER LEVELS. TO PREPARE FOR THE RIVER RISE, THE CITY HAS PUT IN ...
Now, a federally funded flood wall project is in the works to help protect the community. The devastating floods of 2016 displaced many residents, destroying homes and upending lives. "I was ...
Louisville's flood wall is getting a makeover.Mayor Craig Greenberg announced on Thursday that an artist has been selected to paint the flood wall's first mural.Laurie Blayney will be tasked with ...
ALTON — Alton residents curiously gathered Thursday at Alton City Hall to see the updates regarding the permanent flood wall, which was been in conversation since 2022. The wall design is being ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Metropolitan Sewer District closed two flood walls in Louisville Tuesday as the Ohio River continues to rise. The flood walls on 10th and 27th streets were closed to ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Norfolk’s Architectural Review Board had a chance Monday to review a project to build a flood wall that would vary in height. The wall would range from 4-7 feet to 16 ...
The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing flood walls be constructed to protect the entrances of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry and Harbor tunnels amid a growing flood risk due to climate change.
From Dubuque to Burlington ... said riverside areas behind levees and flood walls are protected. But those who remain in areas outside that zone are having to use boats to access their homes ...