A levee breach or levee failure (also known as dyke breach or dyke failure) is a situation where a levee (or dyke) fails or is intentionally breached, causing the previously contained water to flood the land behind the levee.

Apr 7, 2025 · The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Shreveport, Louisiana, issued an urgent warning on Monday morning telling some people to "move to higher ground immediately" after an Arkansas levee ...

What is a levee breach? Levees are built along rivers to contain floodwater and reduce the frequency of flooding in nearby communities. Sometimes a levee can breach, or fail, if floodwater gets too high or part of the levee breaks. A levee breach …

For levee systems, emergency preparedness plans focus on actions that may be considered during a flooding event. While flooding caused by a levee breach is the most common emergency facing a levee, the plan should also consider other potential emergency situations.

Levee risk assessments focus on identifying the most likely ways a levee might breach and evaluating how likely these scenarios are to occur and their impacts, describing factors driving the...

Here are a few terms related to levees and their U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' definition. Breach: A rupture, break or gap whose cause has not been determined. Corps authority: There is no single...

Levee overtopping and breaching can be analyzed within HEC-RAS by modeling the levee as a lateral structure. When modeling a levee with a lateral structure, the area behind the levee should not...

Apr 7, 2025 · 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

3 days ago · The breaches in the levees led to catastrophic flooding, causing widespread devastation and loss of life. These events underscore the importance of understanding and addressing the risks associated with levees.

Leaders discovered five new breaches in the Cache River levee after battling floodwaters for over a week in Jackson County.