Palo Alto plans to build a a 1,650-foot underground pipeline (in blue) from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant to a horizontal levee (in green) at the Palo Alto Baylands. Map by Jamey Padojino.

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 ...

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

Congress has greenlit a list of Louisiana flood control projects, including a $5.9 billion plan to build a levee around Slidell and elevate thousands of homes and businesses in St. Tammany Parish ...

Officials say volunteer efforts there minimized damage during the 2011 and 2019 floods, but they need some cash to build another levee. Farmers there are also preparing for the next flood.

In June 2023, it was announced the federal and state government had agreed to help build a 1.7km concrete levee running parallel to the southern bank of the Burnett River, offering protection from ...

“Takes us a month to build it and a day to burn it down.” Built with wood harvested from the back of the levee, he emphasized the tradition’s importance through family and community involvement.