Modern levee systems built in response to past disasters like the Floods of 1927 or 1993 aren't designed for the newest risk: ... “Flooding was a natural, almost yearly phenomenon, ...

The Corps worked with a St. Louis levee district to build a 500-year levee—an awkward term meaning the levee would limit the risk of flood in any given year to 0.2 percent (statistically, there ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law late last month a bill defining “green energy” as “… any energy generated by ...

The western border of Atchison County, Mo., follows the twisting path of the Missouri River. Acres of corn and soy fields once lined its shores, but after a nearby levee suffered seven breaches in ...

The western border of Atchison County, Missouri, follows the twisting path of the Missouri River. Acres of corn and soy fields once lined its shores, but after a nearby levee suffered seven ...

But early European settlers restrained rivers — raising natural levees and cutting off access to floodplains — for navigation, agriculture and development.

A pond marks where a levee was breached during the 2019 flood of the Missouri River in Atchison County, Mo., flooding levee district board member Regan Griffin’s farmland.

But early European settlers restrained rivers — raising natural levees and cutting off access to flood plains — for navigation, agriculture and development.