SUNBURY -- The city's flood protection system, built nearly 60 years ago, has been tested repeatedly over the years and has exceeded design specifications. Now a proposed study by the ...

Flood waters are moving south. Co-host Steve Inskeep talks to Ron Fournier, public affairs officer for the Army Corps of Engineers, about the pumps, reservoirs and levees that usually keep the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - For the first time in months, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SELA East) has a ...

The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority–East (SLFPA–E) has hired Louis (Jeff) Williams as its new Chief Engineer, ...

The Corps' inspection scoring system is so tough that if even one of the nearly 3,000 items reviewed by inspectors has a minor deficiency, the whole system is ranked "minimally acceptable." Skip ...

Since the flood protection system was finished in 1922, it has stored water to prevent flooding about 2,140 times, Lodor said. Current assessments are based on 2012 property values, ...

Flood protection design requires specialized skills: a small mistake can have disastrous consequences. The design needs to be well thought out to address the various features that the design must ...

New research reveals that sections of New Orleans' $15 billion flood control system are subsiding faster than sea levels are ...

Nashville flood protection system is right thing to do. ... The $100 million flood protection system was proposed in both the Unified Flood Preparedness Plan and the SoBro Master Plan.

Following The Great Flood of 1913, the Miami Conservancy District was developed with various communities banding together to build a massive flood protection system that includes levees, five dams ...

The flood-protection system includes massive metal barriers, inside and out, to block the river and floodwaters advancing into the property. Hurricane doors are also part of the system.

Congress approved improvement plans for Louisville's flood protection system by passing the biennial Water Resources Development Act in 2020, giving the green light for the Corps to pursue funding.