Painted by local artist Kassie Matherne, the new Levee Wall Mural brings the vital role of levees to life for children, ...

A nearly $40 million metro-east project that officials believe will enhance flooding prevention along the Mississippi River has been completed, officials said Friday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

Some infrastructure renovation is needed on a three-river project down in South Georgia and South Alabama and parts of the Florida Panhandle.

We’ve had a few scares when the Susquehanna River lapped against the upper reaches of the Wyoming Valley levee — and we’ve seen too much tragic damage from flooding in unprotected lowlands. But ...

The present-day Wyoming Valley levee system was more than 70 years in the making, with initial construction begun in 1938 after the Valley experienced the worst flooding to date two years earlier.

Drive across the top of the levee; come back along the levee’s “toe” slope; pause when a flood wall or obstruction crosses ...

The Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority is seeking engineering services to address riverside embankment sloughing near ...

A resounding majority of New Orleans voters express at least some confidence in the area’s hurricane protection system, ...

A Chinook helicopter drops sandbags into a breach along the London Avenue canal in New Orleans to close a levee breach after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. After the storm, the Army Corps of ...

Though the historic flood only began to recede in Fargo on Saturday, the mayor and city commission are already pushing for a federally-funded permanent flood protection system. Though the titanic ...

Rushford’s levee system didn’t fail in 2007. It was overwhelmed. Seventeen inches of rain spread across a day formed a rushing wall of water that barreled through Rush Creek and rose over parts of the ...

PLUMERVILLE, Ark. — With the onslaught of rain that Arkansas saw earlier this month, and more expected in the coming days, some in Conway County have been claiming that their levee system isn’t ...