California's levees are a crucial part of its infrastructure, but many of them are in poor condition and not well-maintained, leaving them vulnerable to failure in the event of heavy rainfall or ...

(The MR-GO is a man-made waterway built to offer oceangoing ships a direct route between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.) The MR-GO's levees, which make up the easternmost length of the ring ...

Levees generally take the form of either an earthen embankment or a floodwall made of concrete or other materials. Levees are different from dams, which are built across waterways to hold back and ...

A seawall in Galveston buffers storm surge from the Gulf. Bayous and man-made channels drain water from the region. Levees protect suburban neighborhoods, and lakes meant to be sources for ...

A seawall in Galveston buffers storm surge from the Gulf. Bayous and man-made channels drain water from the region. Levees protect suburban neighborhoods, and lakes meant to be sources for ...