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.

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

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.

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.

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

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, ...

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 ...

The downtown flood protection system would include a flood wall between the Cumberland River and First Avenue, consisting of a 2,100 foot-long removable wall on one stretch that would take eight ...

Around the world cities and countries have built amazing flood-control systems. The world’s biggest storm surge barrier, in the Netherlands, is called Delta Works.