Erosion along a stretch of levee in eastern Sacramento County has prompted a local proclamation of emergency. On Tuesday, the ...

When water is released from a reservoir, it can put levees downstream to the test. And the consequences of levee failure ...

Repairs to the Victoria Island levee in San Joaquin County have been completed, the county's office of emergency services said on Tuesday. In October 2024, county officials declared a local emergency ...

A powerful storm brought heavy rain and strong winds to the valley, leading to hazardous road conditions and concerns over a ...

The flood bypass in Yolo and Solano counties diverts floodwaters from the Sacramento River away from the capital city and ...

A repaired Cosumnes River section of levee, where a break in early January 2023 caused flooding in Wilton. Sacramento County on Tuesday Feb. 4, 2025, announced an alert for needed repairs to a section ...

Board members overseeing the New Orleans area levee authority pushed back on some of the changes being pursued by a close adviser to Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday, with several urging the hiring ...

Behind the scenes, an unelected adviser to Gov. Jeff Landry is reshaping the regional levee authority that helps protect the New Orleans area from storm surge flooding. Shane Guidry, the Metairie ...

15. The catastrophic failure of the levee walls seals New Orleans' fate. Designed to protect the city from a surge of at least 11.2 feet above sea level, the walls failed with a maximum surge of ...

There is a slightly higher CPRI for dam and levee failure, as well as flash floods, than overflowing rivers and streams, the summary states. Extreme temperatures also rank in the middle ...

And the consequences of levee failure happen fast. By some accounts, 80% of New Orleans was flooded by Hurricane Katrina in 2004 due to levee breaches, with water depths reaching 7 feet.