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

The deluge sparks a renewed bulwark-building campaign. Laws are now in place both regulating the dimensions and maintenance of levees and mandating a tax to pay for their construction. Two ...

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 ...

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

The ERF project, part of the broader Perris Dam Modernization Program, includes building new levees, bridges and a local drainage system downstream from the dam. These upgrades will allow water to ...