"There were no levee breaks," he said. "There was some erosion that was happening that was concerning that we didn't want to get away from us." That erosion came from the catastrophic storms of ...

A proposed levee repair project in the Wailuku River aimed to protect Wailuku town from future flooding and to prevent further erosion is expected to move forward in the spring after the county ...

Work on levees in Huber Heights and Middletown is ... Rushing, forceful water causes the erosion of concrete used for dams. More frequent storage events mean more wear and tear on the system ...

In St. Bernard Parish, for instance, where marshes front levees, minimal erosion and breaches occur; where marshes are gone, the levees are wiped out. 4. At about 6:30 a.m., with the hurricane's ...

Over time, the flood plain will become wider due to erosion and deeper due to deposition. A levee is a raised bank formed on the banks of a river, in the lower course. Due to the drop in energy ...

But sinking land and coastal erosion, which lessened the protection provided by the city's levees, made New Orleans more vulnerable in 2005. "There's no doubt about it," said one levee manager ...

“People are concerned that the levee board is now being led by a policeman ... including an ongoing erosion problem in Kenner’s North Woodlake neighborhood, which has worsened by 12 feet ...