Our flood management infrastructure, meanwhile, is aging: Most of California’s levees, dams, coastal protections and flood walls and channels are more than 75 years old. Finally, flood ...

After devastating floods, California is looking to spend billions on dams and levees. Some are calling for a new approach to flood control, one that mimics nature instead of trying to contain it.

The condition of flood control systems came into dramatic focus in August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina's rain and storm surge toppled levees in New Orleans and tore up the Gulf Coast.

The trouble for the Pajaro levee this year began after New Year’s Eve storms left a low spot in the south bank levee. Flood control officials to put up a temporary Muscle Wall, a half-mile long ...

(TNS) - Think outside the levee. As concerns about the state's aging flood-control infrastructure grow, experts are seeking ways to address the San Joaquin River's big-time risks in less ...

Floods are the most destructive, most frequent and most costly natural disasters on Earth. And they're getting worse. Large parts of central and western England are underwater in the worst ...

After recent flooding tragedies in Texas, New Mexico and North Carolina, St. Johns River Water Management District officials ...

Hundreds of miles of levees in the Midwest have been overwhelmed by the floods, leaving “Swiss cheese” infrastructure and reigniting a flood control debate. A levee breached by the Missouri ...

King County has an aging system of 500 hardened embankments and levees, most of which are more than 40 years old. Many were built by farmers with the dirt they had on hand to protect their fields ...

In Dan Podgorski’s view, the importance of shoring up flood control levees in his community of Lansing and neighboring Calumet City can be summed up in two words — Hurricane Ike. Now village ...