Study Warns on Cumulative Effect of Nuisance Flooding February 23, 2017 Climate change is being felt in many coastal communities of the United States, not always in the form of big...
California Dam Putting More Than 50,000 Homes at Risk February 21, 2017 Days after thousands of people were allowed to return to their homes near Lake Oroville, Calif., more than 50,000 homes...
Coal Ash Stored in Virginia City Vulnerable to Risks January 17, 2017 By DAVE MAYFIELD, The Virginian-Pilot Millions of tons of ash stored at a former coal-fired power plant in , Va.,will become increasingly vulnerable to flooding...
Northern U.S. Facing Greater Risk of Flooding January 5, 2017 The risk of flooding in the United States is changing regionally, and the reasons could be shifting rainfall patterns and...
New York City Flood Defense Plan Advances Slowly February 1, 2016 By JENNIFER PELTZ After ocean waters poured into lower Manhattan during Superstorm Sandy, experts began dreaming up a solution: a U-shaped barrier of...
Housing Developments, Culverts Contribute to Flooding in Washington January 5, 2016 By TOM PAULU, The Daily News When Lomor Drive flooded in 1996, 3 feet of water washed into Diana Bach’s house. She and her late husband,...
Sea Level Rise Increasing Major Storms, Floods off New Jersey Coast September 30, 2015 By WAYNE PARRY A new study looking back over 1,000 years finds the flooding risk along the New York and New Jersey coasts...
Cities Face Rising Flood, Drought Risk Even With No Climate Change March 6, 2015 A heads-up to New York, Baltimore, Houston and Miami: a new study suggests that these metropolitan areas and others will...
Army Corps Releases Coastal Flood Risk Management Plan January 30, 2015 By DEEPTI HAJELA The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday issued a report saying that managing the flooding risk along the North...
Levee Plan Upsets Louisiana Property Owners December 18, 2014 A levee proposal by the North Lafourche Levee District is receiving flak from landowners who aren’t pleased with updated plans,...