Across the U.S., levees are getting older while weather is getting more extreme. Many were never designed for the enormous ...

The study addresses four broad areas, risk analysis, flood insurance, risk reduction, and risk communication, regarding how levees are considered in the NFIP. Specific issues within these areas ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed Senate Bill 18 — a bill passed unanimously in the second-called special session that would remove bureaucratic “red tape” when repairing flood-control ...

The levee that protects the City of Oroville from flooding along the Feather River has been deemed low risk following a ...

Now that the truth is finally coming out about the Trinity River toll road project, it makes a difference to remember who said what two years ago. And not just as gotcha. The Trinity River toll road ...

The $14 million project, completed in 2023, repaired a 1930s-era levee that the U.S Army Corps of Engineers had constructed to protect the small Tuscarawas County community, which is a National ...

A second levee failed just outside of Seattle as rivers once again surge from more atmospheric river-fueled rain, setting off deadly flooding in parts of western Washington. Precautionary evacuations ...

Days of heavy rain caused a levee on the White River to breach, sending water into Pacific, Wash., on Dec. 16, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Farshid Vahedifard, Tufts University (THE CONVERSATION) In recent weeks, powerful ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Farshid Vahedifard, Tufts University (THE CONVERSATION) Powerful atmospheric river ...