The Army Corps of Engineers is taking steps on several fronts to enhance protection for the region as another hurricane ...

There are several components of the $8 million: Engineering and design of the electrical systems for the levee, the pump stations, the relief wells (where there is underseepage) and the Dewey ...

Levees protecting large expanses of farmland and many towns sprung leaks. At one site, response crews drove metal sheets into the earthen berm and lined the levee face with heavy rock. The work ...

Massive storm surges overloaded about 50 levees across the New Orleans area ... ratings use the lowest score out of three main components of a bridge for the overall rating: the deck, the ...

The levee failures put thousands of acres of farmland under water and at times threatened the water well fields for the city of Washington. “We had two incidents. In 2008, we had the biggest ...

California's levees are a crucial part of its infrastructure, but many of them are in poor condition and not well-maintained, leaving them vulnerable to failure in the event of heavy rainfall or ...

By studying the vulnerability of Canadian dams and levees to flooding in light of changing regional ... It is imperative, they add, to continuously update estimates of various risk components, ...

The non-structural components of the project include the modification ... the riverside and the landside of the Yazoo Backwater Levee mimicking more natural flood pulses and therefore benefitting ...

AS IMPACT WEATHER MOVES INTO THE REGION. WELL, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. CREWS ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO SECURE A LEVEE IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. WE CAN SHOW YOU THIS LEVEE. IT’S TAKEN FROM LIVECOPTER3 ...

(Photo by Michelle Dillon) American Structurepoint Business Development Director Michael Salvadore, right, speaks during a Marietta City Council Public Lands and Buildings Committee meeting Monday ...

PAJARO, Calif. - It was March 2023 when a levee burst, completely flooding the community of Pajaro in Monterey County. Now a massive new levee project is underway to give up to 100-year flood ...