California Governor Calls for $437M in Spending for Flood Control February 27, 2017 By Jonathan J. Cooper and Sophia Bollag California Gov. Jerry Brown is calling for a boost in spending on water and transportation infrastructure as the waterlogged state...
Council Bluffs, Iowa Races to Improve Levees Before FEMA Deadline December 12, 2016 Improvements to the Council Bluffs, Iowa, levee system continue step-by-step as city officials keep hoping it’s fast enough to beat...
Minnesota Still Wary About Impact of North Dakota Flood Project May 18, 2016 By Steve Karnowski Proponents of a proposed $2.1 billion Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project in North Dakota will have to do a better job...
Texas, Louisiana Residents Sue Toledo Bend Dam Operator Over Flooding April 28, 2016 Nearly 240 Texas and Louisiana residents have sued the Sabine River Authority over March flooding that inundated hundreds of homes...
Mississippi County Wants Unified Flood Control Approach With Neighbors August 6, 2015 DeSoto County supervisors want the Corps of Engineers to coordinate a unified flood-prevention effort. Letters from the board seek to...
Flood-Control Canal-Widening Completed in Southern Louisiana January 6, 2015 A project to help reduce flooding in much of northern Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana is finished. Officials expected to pay...
2 Small Players Settle in Louisiana ‘Big Oil’ Coastal Flooding Suit November 3, 2014 By Kevin McGill Two of the smaller players in a New Orleans area flood board’s lawsuit against the oil industry over damage to...
Improvements to Lafourche, Louisiana Levee System Underway July 22, 2014 The South Lafourche Levee District in Louisiana plans to finish raising the levees protecting Larose to Golden Meadow in the...
Oklahoma Flood Control Project Completed May 14, 2014 Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett and Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management director Albert Ashwood have announced the completion of a new...
Ohio Flood Control Plan Worries Farmers December 24, 2013 Farmers in northwest Ohio who are upset with a plan being worked out to control flooding along a river met...