ATLANTA — Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a researcher at Georgia Tech has developed a simulator to understand the failures of the levees that led to widespread flooding.

Across the U.S., levees are getting older while weather is getting more extreme. Many were never designed for the enormous ...

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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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON - Contractors who appear to have cut corners in building New Orleans' levees may have contributed to their failures after Hurricane Katrina, the engineer who directed an inquiry into the ...

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 ...

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Farshid Vahedifard, Tufts University (THE CONVERSATION) Powerful atmospheric river ...

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 ...