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Levee repair to contain Tulare Lake cannot wait. A city of 22,000 is threatened | Opinion
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOnly one thing stands between the city of Corcoran and disastrous flooding: a 14-mile-long wall of...
Levee project could remove hundreds of trees along the American River, Sacramento group warns
Sacramento Bee via AOL· 4 months agoA community group is worried a project to strengthen levees in Sacramento will lead to the removal...
Before disastrous flood, officials knew Pajaro River levee could fail but took no action
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Caltrans vehicle heads north through floodwaters that closed State Highway 1 at the Santa Cruz...
California, facing another wet winter, races to prevent more flooding with levee repairs
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe breached Boyette Levee at Tulare Lake. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) As forecasters...
18 years after Katrina levee breaches, group wants future engineers to learn from past mistakes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFuture engineers need a greater understanding of past failures — and how to avoid repeating them — a...
California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRecent floodwaters cover streets of Planada, a small community in Merced County. (Noah Berger /...
Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA vineyard is flooded along 4th Avenue in Corcoran, Calif. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)...
240,000 acres of the Upper Mississippi have been unspoiled for 100 years. But concerns mount.
Gannett via AOL· 3 weeks agoMINNESOTA CITY, Minn. - Sabrina Chandler spent her childhood and most of her working life on the...
How we got here: Louisville’s high-water history and the aging levee system standing guard
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA 26-mile wall of concrete and earth, born of death and disaster, shields Louisville from the Ohio...
Des Moines City Council scolded for putting cars over pedestrians on Merle Hay Road plan
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTwo Des Moines residents scolded City Council members Monday for voting to keep a third driveway...