Noting that hurricane season was fast approaching, board members bucked the board president and installed an engineer as the ...

The Unforgiving Power of Nature Hurricanes have long been a stark reminder of nature's immense power. These swirling tempests ...

It struck the bustling city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900, forever changing its landscape and history. With winds ...

The U.S. has spent billions rebuilding New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Some of the interventions have, at ...

First, President Donald Trump’s order to release water from two California dams raised expert concerns about flooding. Then ...

This upward trend in flood risk is posing significant threats to critical structure such as dams and levees. However, as Islam et al suggest in recent research published by Discover Applied Sciences, ...

“Since the last storm, there’s no more gas stations, no more restaurants,” Phyllis Melancon said of 2021’s Hurricane Ida. “It’s just a road,” Timmy Melancon said. “That’s it.

Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans with a 28-foot (8.5 meter) storm surge and 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rainfall. The water easily breached the city's old levee system in about ...

When we talk about levee waters rushing toward Robert Green’s house ... the former MR GO canal and through grave Industrial Canal breaches. By the time Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 ...

It was 20 years ago, in August 2005, that the great Crescent City of New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina ... 2006 HBO documentary “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts ...