A levee is a raised bank formed on the banks of a river, in the lower course. Due to the drop in energy caused by friction, the biggest, most coarse material will be dumped close to the river banks.

As engineers mixed a binary blasting agent and pumped it into the levee at Birds Point, Walsh’s final decision to create an immediate drawdown at Cairo took the form of nine separate blasts ...

The County proclaimed a local emergency in response to the risk of a potential levee failure along Old River on Victoria Island, within Reclamation District 2040. Stay informed. Signup for SJReady ...

The levee system has reduced the river’s alluvial ... They continue to be the standard form of revetment, with 400 Corps staffers placing an average of 18 million sq ft of matting per year.

Looking ahead No changes are expected to the levees. A political entity has been formed to create a potential new levee district. (There are also a few levee systems in Harris County, where at ...

That focus differs from this week’s meeting that focused on military-grade flood barriers city leaders are considering to ...

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Looking ahead No changes are expected to the levees. A political entity has been formed to create a potential new levee district. (There are also a few levee systems in Harris County, where at ...

Officials declared a local emergency Wednesday afternoon in San Joaquin County over a potential levee failure. Reclamation ...

You can report issues or share your thoughts on this story format by filling out our feedback form. There is a broken ... on northbound I-29/I-35 from Levee Road/Exit 5 to MO-210/Armour Road ...