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Authorities in Charleville in south-west Queensland say the levee protecting the town is still holding up against floodwaters.
A long-anticipated Army Corps of Engineers study on wood chunks and other debris found in a newly raised levee south of Westwego concluded the levee meets corps specifications and will ...
The Charleville Levee Bank Reconstruction Group says the levee on the Warrego River should be upgraded so that it covers the gully and affords protection for residents.
The release of an Army Corps of Engineers study on woody debris in a levee south of Westwego has again been delayed in an agreement between the corps and the West Bank levee authority, which has ...
Along the west bank of the Feather River at Yuba City, is the oldest operating levee in California, according to the State of California Central Valley Protection Board.
The east bank levee authority has hired Joshua Rondeno of New Orleans to serve as superintendent of police for the Orleans and East Jefferson Levee District police departments.
In areas such as New Orleans East, Kenner, and the West Bank, the study found that some levees are sinking at a rate of about an inch per year, which is faster than the rate of sea-level rise. That ...
The branch at 3454 Houston Levee will have eight full-time employees, said Melanie Samisch, the Bank of Collierville vice president/branch manager.
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - An $865,000 award has been given to Sioux City for a local levee project.
Repairs to a cracked levee wall and a bank cave-in along South Grand in Monroe are on a list of projects the Tensas Basin Levee District plans to tackle in the coming months.
Voters on the west bank of Jefferson Parish on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a new property tax that will fund critical maintenance work on the federal levees that protect the area from flooding.
Plaquemines Parish work crews were rushing Saturday evening to repair a breach in a so-called "back levee" 20 miles south of Belle Chasse.