Stretching back at least a century, bonfires have been built on the levees in St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes for ...

Over the years, the Chinese have tried to control the Yellow River by building higher levees, digging channels and building dams. Dams have tended to be the most helpful in controlling floods ...

Finally, Williams said, a third lift will bring the levee to the 13-foot design height. Soil conditions pose just one of the challenges of building a levee in a swamp. “When it doesn’t rain ...

The levee bonfires in Louisiana’s River Parishes will light up on Christmas Eve, continuing a tradition dating back centuries ...