After recent flooding tragedies in Texas, New Mexico and North Carolina, St. Johns River Water Management District officials ...

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, ...

For those tasked with maintaining levees, upkeep is an exercise in frustration. Many reclamation districts in the state are charged with meeting requirements for 100-year or 200-year levels of ...

The Pajaro River levee failure points to hazards that California has yet to address in many areas where communities are vulnerable, experts say. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California ...

In a nutshell New Orleans’ $15 billion flood protection system is sinking up to 28 millimeters per year—nearly 10 times faster than sea level rise The Louis Armstrong International Airport area shows ...

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 ...

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 floodplains — for navigation, agriculture and development.

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