Previous research on the safe development paradox has focused on the "levee effect," in which the creation of flood-prevention structures gives the false impression that an area is safe from ...

ROCK VALLEY, Iowa – A levee break along Iowa's Rock River early Saturday morning led to a frantic evacuation in the town of Rock Valley in the dark of night as water levels suddenly began rising ...

ALONG THE OLD RIVER LEVEE ON VICTORIA ISLAND ... TRYING TO PREVENT A DOMINO EFFECT OF COMPLETE DISASTER. IF IT FAILS, WHEN YOU FLOOD AN ISLAND THAT’S A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER THAT HAS TO BE ...

A huge levee project years in the works to protect communities along Louisiana's central coast from storm surge will have to undergo another environmental review, potentially further increasing ...

Travellers are urged to drive slowly when passing the area. Mayor Miller reported Friday morning that the levee broke just south of town. With farmland in that area, she says it should take away ...

Tucker Humphrey and his brother Justin, both farmers in Bogota, Tennessee, used an excavator to build a levee that protected their family’s home as a catastrophic storm ripped through the middle ...

TEXARKANA, Ark. – A flash flood warning was in effect Sunday for Lafayette and Miller counties in Arkansas due to a levee failure on the McKinney Bayou Levee in East Central Miller County and ...

The city of Rives, Tennessee, has been placed under a state of emergency due to levee failure and flooding ... state of emergency order will remain in effect "until we are satisfied that the ...