The specter of progressively damaging floods in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley for years to come had been diminishing in the last ...

Agency staff say they want to look at an intermediate solution since the temporary levee could fail before a long-term solution is completed.

ALTON — The flood mitigation plan, which has been in development since 2022, received a major update. At a public meeting on Wednesday, it was announced that the permanent flood wall would most likely ...

Plans for a sea wall to protect about 400 properties in the north of the Isle of Man against flooding have been put forward for approval. The 4.26ft (1.3m) high wall, along with a walkway for ...

BROWNSVILLE, TX — A string of orange buoys is growing in the Rio Grande, as the Trump administration builds a "river wall" to stop what is now a trickle of illegal migration. Unlawful border crossings ...

The tall concrete walls that run along many of our highways are highway traffic noise barriers. According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), these noise barriers can reduce traffic noise by ...

THE ASK: In Miami Beach, Fla., a flood-resistant home under construction on Biscayne Bay is going on the market for $85 million. THE SPECS: Set to be completed around April, the roughly ...

In a 1996 interview conducted by Morrissey over tea and cigarettes, Joni Mitchell mentioned that Bob Dylan had told her he could no longer write songs. Asked about a particular composition, he replied ...

A group of engineers and scientists are planning to build a 50-mile underwater barrier around the melting “Doomsday glacier” in a bid to stop it collapsing into the ocean, triggering a disastrous rise ...

Plans for a new flood defence wall to be built at the site of the proposed Eden Project Morecambe are set to be given the green light. Eden Project Morecambe Limited is applying for planning ...

After years of delays, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has quietly posted a draft of Harris County’s new flood maps online, kickstarting a review process that could lead to the first major ...