The flood wall system proposed by the mayor was the lowest-rated solution in almost every area, except one — flood damage reduction benefits — yeah, that one exception makes you pause.

Although the 12th Ave. flood gate is installed, there are still many steps left to complete the Flood Control System that still doesn’t have all the funding it needs.

In 2013, the state Flood Mitigation Board awarded Cedar Rapids $269 million paid out over 20 years through sales tax revenues to cover roughly a third of the cost of the 7-mile flood system.

Flood-prone Harris County has had a flooding warning system since the 1980s, but only about 40,000 of its 5 million residents ...

It’s part of the 3.71 miles of flood walls and gates that are planned for the Cedar River within Cedar Rapids and will keep high water out of the city limits. So far, the wall extends for a mile.

Flood Control System Manager Rob Davis talks about the uses of the pipes behind him at the Lot 44 pump ... A flood wall protecting the Czech Village, part of 3.71 miles of planned barriers, ...

Cedar Rapids has been awarded $25 million in grant money for flood control updates along the Cedar River, specifically ...

Like New Orleans, which built up its river levees after the 1927 flood and its hurricane levees after Betsy in 1965, the Dutch system has been forged in disaster. But the Dutch have a lot more ...

MANKATO — The cities of Mankato and North Mankato have begun some routine flood prevention steps and foot patrol inspections of the flood-control system will start this week, likely on ...