Floods in the town remain troublesome throughout the 1740s, as city engineers build their levees ever higher to cope with increased flood levels brought on by changes in the landscape upriver.

The Levee Project in Marietta is progressing as city officials and stakeholders work to balance infrastructure improvements with public concerns and aesthetic considerations. Set to begin in July, the ...

4. At about 6:30 a.m., with the hurricane's eye still south of the city, the surge in the Funnel overtops the levees on its banks and starts to flood St. Bernard Parish on either side of the waterway.

CROOKSTON, Minn. — The Crookston City Council discussed ice-rink conditioning vehicles, grants and river levees during its council meeting on Monday, March 17.

The levee winding through the city of Carver will be raised at least three feet during the next two weeks in advance of potential historic flooding this spring. The Carver City Council voted ...

With a stubborn federal government agency refusing to budge, The Carver City Council decided Monday that it is time to remove the final two raised sections of the city’s flood-control levee.

The Regional Water Quality Control Plant will supply treated wastewater to the city’s new horizontal levee. Embarcadero Media file photo by Veronica Weber. The newest levee in the Palo ...

Once vacated, the property will be used to extend the Big Sioux River levee system on the left bank. The city purchased a third property in December for the project. The city is expected to enter ...

That same year, winter storms threatened to breach a levee in the Central Valley town of Corcoran, which would have put the city of about 22,000 underwater. These recent levee failures point to a ...