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SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - An $865,000 award has been given to Sioux City for a local levee project.
The Corps will work with levee authorities to patrol the levees along the river twice a week until the water levels drop below 11 feet.
The total project is estimated to cost over $2.65 million and take three years to complete from commencement to final FEMA ...
FEDERAL Regional Affairs Minister Simon Crean has called for the construction of flood levees along the Brisbane River to be considered.
MONONA COUNTY, Iowa — A levee on the Little Sioux River in Monona County broke on Tuesday. Monona County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook Tuesday afternoon announcing the levee failure.
Projects to move levees back - "levee setbacks," as they're known – are being done around the country, including on the Missouri River and elsewhere in California.
Around midnight on Saturday, the levee along the Pajaro River in north Monterey County was breached, forcing thousands of residents of the Pajaro to evacuate in the middle of the night. According ...
PROVO, Utah — A recent engineering investigation found that the levee system along the Provo River has aged significantly and has many "structural issues." "The standard has changed what levees ...
Sacramento’s Department of Utilities is patrolling the levees around the Sacramento River to make sure there are no breaches. Crews began around-the-clock patrols on New Year’s Eve and won’t ...
Water flowing through a gap under Highway 1 is eroding the levee from outside the river channel, officials said as they consider emergency measures to prevent more catastrophic flooding.
Hundreds of people in the farmworker community of Pajaro in Monterey County were forced to flee their homes when the Pajaro River levee breached Friday night.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. — It's going to take “several years” to fix breached and compromised levees along the Missouri River that caused floodwaters to inundate farmland and displace hundreds of ...