Standard homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage, so you might need separate flood insurance, which you can get ...

Some of this goes way back. In the late ’30s and ’40s (following massive flooding), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created several earthen dam reservoirs (a.k.a. flood control lakes) in an ...

Thanks to the efforts of U.S. Sens. Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, and area U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, a nearly $6 million grant will help Leominster with improving flood-control through the downtown.

Official floodplain maps are either out of date or inaccurate, and they fail to account for the changing climate. Our flood management infrastructure, meanwhile, is aging: Most of California’s ...

States including Virginia and Texas have set aside significant money to address flooding. Local officials hope it will help pay for flood prevention projects that the federal government won't fund.

Much of the nation’s flood control infrastructure was designed for 20th century storms and flooding. And in many cases, stormwater systems, levees and dams are now approaching the end of their ...

The plan was drawn up as a less expensive version of One Lake. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will cost nearly ...

Amid hammering rainfall, viscous mud flows and multiple state emergency declarations, Los Angeles County’s Byzantine flood control system has thus far absorbed near-record precipitation — a ...

Each flood control project is an effort to keep people safe when the next big storm hits. "We really, really don't want people to be displaced from their homes due to large flood events," Kerr said.

The design of the flood control system is complex and has many moving parts, but if each cog in the wheel operates to its capabilities, major flooding can be prevented.

The Harris County Flood Control District is in the third year of a 10-year program, and while the goal is to reduce flooding, Randy Farber said he knows the projects will not eliminate it.