Worsening storms have overtopped and breached levees across the West. Many U.S. levees are decades old and were not designed for extreme weather. Levee failures can cause rapid, deep flooding with ...
In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous amounts of rain. As rivers surged, they overtopped or breached multiple ...
In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous amounts of rain. As rivers surged, they overtopped or breached multiple ...
Tim Palmer is the author of “Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding Crisis.” Images and stories of the devastation wrought by the July 4 flood of the Guadalupe River in Texas ...
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 ...