Work on a levee protecting a Des Moines, Iowa, neighborhood that flooded twice since 1993 is almost finished. A contract for reconstruction work on the Birdland levee on the Des Moines River was awarded in March 2010. The U.S. Army …
Two senators are pressing to remove a federal requirement that homeowners and businesses near levees and dams purchase flood insurance. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) have launched an effort to convince their colleagues to overturn a provision …
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates it will cost more than $2 billion to repair the damage to the nation’s levees, dams and riverbanks caused by this year’s excessive flooding, a sum that dwarfs $150 million it currently has …
The agency tasked with improving Mississippi River levees in southwestern Illinois says it has a five-year, $161 million plan to get the job done. The Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District Council revealed the proposal for upgrades to the flood defenses …
Crews in Hamburg, Iowa, were busy June 14 building up a secondary barrier to protect the small Iowa town after the swollen Missouri River punched a massive hole in the main levee. The river ruptured two levees in northwest Missouri …
Twelve hours into a sandbagging shift, and working through a driving storm punctuated by lightning and loud claps of thunder, Casey Lee wasn’t ready to quit. Not until the makeshift levee protecting tiny Dutchtown in southeast Missouri was up and …
