From earthen levees to massive dams and diversion canals, this video explores the engineering tools used to manage riverine flooding. Grady explains the difference between flash floods and large ...
Dams and levees are critical pieces of our infrastructure and our history. They're one of the oldest type of human-made structures on the planet, and they were one of the first things that that ...
In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous ...
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As winter storms soaked California in early 2023, the Sacramento River swelled toward flood stage. Levees protecting large expanses of farmland and many towns sprung leaks. At one site, response crews ...
Work on raising and extending the dry levee just to the south of the City of Manteca is now targeted for completion by ...
As winter storms soaked California in early 2023, the Sacramento River swelled toward flood stage. Levees protecting large expanses of farmland and many towns sprung leaks. At one site, response crews ...
As winter storms soaked California in early 2023, the Sacramento River swelled toward flood stage. Levees protecting large expanses of farmland and many towns sprung leaks. At one site, response crews ...