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Brothers Justin and Tucker Humphrey grew up learning how to build a levee from their father to protect their childhood home ...
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 ...
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As winter storms soaked California in early 2023, the Sacramento River swelled toward flood stage.Levees ...
Just three houses and an aging levee wall is all that separates McGinnity and her family's home in Duryea from the Lackawanna River. And for now, that will continue to be their protection after ...
FORTY FORT — The Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority is halting design work to build a new levee in Exeter and rehabilitate a levee in Duryea in response to the Federal Emergency ...
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 prepared.
An effort to build levees around the coastal cities of Aberdeen ... for additional resources to help prepare for or recover from natural disasters. There are a lot of small, rural communities ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has halted funding of a grant program that could have provided $100 million in upgrades to levees in Sutter, Yuba and Colusa counties. On Thursday ...
In Northern Kentucky, a system of levees, locks and pumps protect communities along the Ohio River and Licking rivers. Sanitation District 1 (SD1) operates and maintains 15 flood pumping stations ...
Because of this, levees will be monitored twice a week until water levels drop below 11 feet. Levels at the Carrolton Gage are expected to rise to 16.5 feet by the end of next week. At this height ...