The mandate, said Nicholas Pinter, a professor of applied geoscience at UC Davis who studies California’s levees, amounted to “hydrologic insanity.” “The volume they were initially starting to release ...

"It is very new for us and it is very friendly." Always held on New Year's Day, levees were originally formal court receptions held by the sovereign and were only for men. But they have become a ...

Between 4:30 and 5 a.m., levees located where the CSX Railroad crosses the northern arm of the Industrial Canal, in the eastern part of Orleans Parish, breach. With metal gates normally used at ...

With climate-driven disasters on the rise, urgent action is needed to modernise flood resilience strategies worldwide.