A Frenchman visiting the Mississippi River near what would become New ... Within a few years slaves are put to work clearing land on the natural levee the French have selected for the town.

WATSONVILLE — The breach of the Pajaro River levee in 2023, which flooded the ... Timothy Shebesta said the construction will harness natural options such as level fill material from an inland ...

but also actively sealing up the river from many of its natural outlets. The Army engineers working on the levees were soldiers, not scientists, and the "levees-only policy" remained uncontested ...

(Photo Credit: Elise Plunk/ Louisiana Illuminator) High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New ...

The Susquehanna river levee was topped at 11 a.m. at 38.5 feet on Friday June ... The Wyoming Valley had experienced “one of the worst natural disasters in American history.” More about Aerial ...

It was built as part of construction of the vast levee system along the river following the great flood of 1927, which severely inundated Louisiana communities. It has been opened 15 times since ...

A proposed levee repair project in the Wailuku River aimed to protect Wailuku town from future flooding and to prevent further erosion is expected to move forward in the spring after the county ...

As Pinter put it, “That risk never goes away.” California saw the consequences of that risk in 2023, when a levee along the Pajaro River that was decades overdue for maintenance failed during ...

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday. The river rose above 11 ...