In Bogota, Tennessee, a local family came up with an ingenious way to protect their home from severe flooding — they built a ...

‘An entire community effort’: These Tennessee brothers saved their childhood home from a catastrophic storm with a DIY 6-foot levee — how to flood-proof your home on a budget ...

BOGOTA, Tenn. – Brothers Justin and Tucker Humphrey grew up learning how to build a levee from their father to protect their childhood home from floods. After he passed away, they would put his ...

As ocean levels rise, coastal communities face an ever-increasing risk of severe flooding. The existing infrastructure ...

That’s the equivalent of about a quarter of all homes in Harney County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Burns levee system is a 2.4-mile stretch of earth and rocks buffering the town ...

OROVILLE — A group of 15 specialists met Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to evaluate the condition of the levee that runs along the south side of the Feather River from the Montgomery Street ...

This comes after new inundation maps were released last week, showing how the levee should work during future floods.

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 ...