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The line between water and home: How the Levee Safety Program helps reduce flood risk for millions

Most people don’t think about levees and floodwalls. Most people can drive past them every day never realizing what they are—just a long stretch of raised ground, maybe a concrete wall, maybe ...
Citizen's Voice

Wilkes-Barre gets grant for levee work to prevent flood insurance hikes

The City of Wilkes-Barre received a $400,000 state grant to help fund a levee project needed to reduce flooding risk for Brookside residents, which could affect flood insurance premiums. Mayor George ...
SanLuisObispo

Arroyo Grande Creek breached levee, flooded farms. How will SLO County prevent more damage?

While a severe rainstorm battered San Luis Obispo County on Jan. 9, the Arroyo Grande Creek breached the south side of its levee and flooded nearby homes and farmland in Oceano. Nearby residents were ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Arkansans ask for levee work, despite Corps of Engineers funding cuts

HELENA-WEST HELENA -- Levee project funding and protections from levee slides were the chief concerns of Arkansans on Tuesday at the Corps of Engineers' annual Mississippi River Commission high water ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

10.2-mile levee protects Milan, Big Island

Most people take the levee protecting Big Island and Milan for granted. ``People have no idea how much it protects them,'' said Dave Pannell, public works superintendant in Milan. ``You don't ever ...