The Huntington floodwall has stood tall protecting the city from overflow from the Ohio River for over 80 years, but not everyone knows the full story behind why it was created.

The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the ...

Flood barriers meant to protect Mendenhall Valley homes from glacial outburst floods are on their way to Juneau. This week, ...

MATEWAN, W.Va. (WCHS) — A dry, sunny day provided flood victims along the Tug Fork an opportunity to remove massive amounts ...

Superstorm Sandy's devastation still top of mind for many Several feet away from the East River, the deployable flip‑up barriers and flood walls are part of measures aimed at protecting the city ...

A storm moving into the Northwest will bring heavy rain and damaging winds to five US states starting Monday. Meteorologists warned parts of Washington, Oregon, California, Montana could see flash ...

Emma Stokes, the authority's cabinet member for the environment, said she hoped its actions in replacing the wall would encourage the Environment Agency (EA) to "act promptly to bring a flood ...

The initiative, which uses a combination of flood walls and deployable flip‑up barriers, is one of several measures aimed at protecting the city’s coastline from severe storms — a ...

THERE ARE STILL TWO FLOOD WALL CLOSURES AT 10TH AND 27TH STREET. EACH TAKES EIGHT HOURS TO INSTALL AND JUST AS LONG TO REMOVE. FOR NOW, THE CLOSURES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. THAT WAY WE’RE NOT ...

The infrastructure is about 70 years old, with 26 miles of concrete flood walls and earthen levees and a network of 16 pump stations. The pumps send water accumulating inside the city out to the ...