the cost of building a levee to protect a small community far exceeds the economic benefit. Like Pajaro, Hamilton City lives on the edge of a volatile river. Like Pajaro, its residents are largely ...

Only days ago, a levee breach along the river triggered massive flooding in ... the only way to access the gap is through through a small, open area that runs between the north and southbound ...

Twelve miles of levees were built to hold back the Pajaro River — a waterway with Monterey ... catastrophically flooding the small farming town of Pajaro, than along the north bank, where ...

“This community is a small, disadvantaged community ... Built in 1949, the Pajaro River’s levees have broken several times in the past decades, causing flooding and widespread damage to communities.

Twelve levees have breached along the Missouri River in three states, as historic flooding continues to inundate small towns and farms in southwestern Iowa. Four of the levee breaches were on ...

It puts several small levees together into a system ... but not for beachfront properties subject to ocean flooding. Any levee project along the river will require coordination and participation ...

Homeless residents along the Pajaro River levee face displacement from planned sweeps for safety and levee repairs, leaving ...

Residents of Isleton, a small town with 800 residents about 60 miles northeast of Oakland, were struck hardest. Reports for Isleton, which sits below a levee on the Sacramento River, originally ...

(TNS) - A single Cosumnes River levee sustained $1.5 million in damage ... The cost of the 2017 damage far exceeded the budget of the small agency that manages the Cosumnes levees, Reclamation ...

The river poured onto farmland ... With declining rural populations, the report’s authors wrote, small levee districts can’t raise enough money to meet Corps standards.

Tents are pictured along the Kansas River levee in North Lawrence on Dec. 27 ... is an exceedingly important undertaking, since any small neglect could easily result in damage to property ...

Isleton, California - A town that was built under the level of the Sacramento River got a wake-up call from Mother Nature Wednesday morning when a moderate, but highly noticeable earthquake struck ...