| 单词 | levee |
| 例句 | Something broke in me, a dam or a levee. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If the levees were breached, he knew the battle would be lost. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z At that moment, Zeitoun knew that the levees had been overtopped or compromised. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I’m happy to have found him...but it isn’t long until a thousand thoughts cascade through my head, bursting the levees that maintain my patience. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Two nights before His Lordship of the New Creation was to depart, the Royal Governor of the Province held a great levee to send Cheldthorpe olf with pomp. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He thought of them—the houses near the lake and the houses near the levees. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Or across to Stockton, where I could live on the levee and Diego could visit me every day and bring me scraps of food. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And they lived nowhere near any levees, so they wouldn’t get any of the flash flooding that might hit some of the other neighborhoods. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But some people said that the levees weren’t strong enough for a really big storm. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Meteorologists were predicting furious winds, ten-foot storm surges, possibilities of levee breaches, flooding everywhere along the coast. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z On the way down, I gathered his name was Henry, he’d worked for more than a year on the levee, and that there was plenty of work for those that wanted it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He would be safe in their house on Dart Street, he figured, far from any levees, with two stories, plenty of tools, and food. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I figured he must work on the levee and I jumped out of the ditch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People in the crowd collapse like levees in a flood. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The levees were meant to hold back fourteen feet of water, and the storm surges in the Gulf were already nineteen, twenty feet high. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The levee broke, and the Lower Nine flooded. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z From my moms and Diego and our apartment and the levee. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z As the wagon worked its way up the hill, I figured I was a man now and maybe about the luckiest one alive to be able to build a levee on the great Mississippi River. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He recalled the worst of the predictions before the storm: if the levees broke, there would be ten, fifteen feet of water in some places. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Shadowed sailor confronted murky oarsman like a levee of the dead. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Then turning to me he said, “You ever worked on a levee before?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In his neighborhood, miles from the closest levee, the water had risen slowly enough that he knew it was unlikely that anyone had died in the flood. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I hate levees and drawing rooms. I hate to speak to a thousand people to whom I have nothing to say.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He turned the buggy around and started back toward the levee. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course there were levees—big walls of dirt and concrete that protected the city from all that water. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Later in the day the men rested on a dirt levee between rice fields. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Here an angle is formed, the avenue and its streetcar tracks on one side, the river and levee and railroad tracks on the other. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t touched a drop of alcohol since the last time I chilled with Diego on the levee, so I was buzzing pretty hard. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The only thing that concerned him was the levees. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It was East New Orleans, or the Lower Ninth, with its one-story houses so close to the levees, that were in the gravest danger. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z That was the easy part, riding down to dump my dirt on the levee. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It made me think of when me and Diego used to lay on our backs near the levee some nights and look straight up in the air. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Far up the street the levee seemed to have broken. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When a mule dies, I don’t know where he goes, but Samuel had a nice spot that looked out on the Mississippi and on the levee that he helped to build. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe if I ever made it back to Stockton me and Diego could try and start it going at the levee. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t know where the levees had failed, but he knew anyone living nearby would have been quickly overwhelmed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Yeah, not too long now, but that’s not exactly where you want to go. See, they working on the levee between those towns, probably a good six- or eight-mile walk from either place.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, partly to hurry her off and partly out of a lover’s uncontrollable curiosity, he went into the bedroom to wake her up—a proceeding which was possible in the days of the levee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z About what it’s like growing up on the levee in Stockton, where every other person you meet has missing teeth or is leaning against a liquor store wall begging for change to buy beer. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He drove over the levee and down the long slope of cobblestones to the river’s edge and the horse plunged wildly in. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But right then, if you had asked me to build the levee all by myself, I wouldn’t have seen it as a problem. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked the porter if he knew about jobs on the levee. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the first time Diego smoked me out at the levee. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They will be needing my help to build that levee. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How we hang mostly by ourselves, pulling corroded-looking fish out of the murky levee water and throwing them back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It was Friday night at Bacchanal, a lusty backyard wine shop, open-air restaurant and performance stage deep in a postindustrial corner of New Orleans’s Bywater neighborhood, a levee away from the muddy Mississippi. We Wanted a Carefree Family Trip. So We Invited a Second Family. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z I don’t recall the exact words, though I would bet “flood” and “levee failure” were mentioned. Don’t Call It Katrina 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The hunt for killers, crooks and high-tech weapons dealers takes him to sites all across the flood-scarred neighborhoods of New Orleans a year after the hurricane struck and levees failed. Review: The action is fast in Kovacs' `Good Junk' 2012-12-10T15:23:11Z But the reports resist the temptation to mold the Katrina disaster into an uplifting narrative arc from burst levees to the Saints 2010 Super Bowl victory — there are too many caveats and codas. The TV Watch: 5 Years on, Katrina Dampens Coverage 2010-08-27T21:58:00Z “For the most part, all of our levees performed extremely well — especially the federal levees — but at the end of the day the storm surge, the rain, the wind all had devastating impacts,” Edwards said. Hurricane Ida leaves New Orleans, other parts of Louisiana without power 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Freed slaves gather for prayers and haul around wheelbarrows to build levees. Antiques: The Everyday Lives of American Slaves 2011-01-06T22:27:39Z Much of the book looks at the way Internet technology threatens to destroy the middle class by first eroding employment and job security, along with various “levees” that give the economic middle stability. Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class 2013-05-12T16:00:00Z “This flood became notorious for the government’s decision to dynamite the levees, flooding poor neighborhoods to spare the rich,” a program note informs. | 'On the Levee': Tamping Down a Flood at the Duke on 42nd Street 2010-06-29T02:37:00Z “Which ones are given the least care, which ones are always on the wrong side of the levee; and how that relates to the history of power, and of the country.” Allison Janae Hamilton’s Spirit Sources 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Axe may be free and clear now, but with Wendy gone and his chief enforcer wavering, there are cracks in his levee, too. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 2: Nifty Shades of ‘Weiner’ 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z A group of locals, sharing iced tea with Shearer, agree emphatically that they're never leaving, levee or no levee: home is home. 'The Big Uneasy': Hurricane Katrina as unnatural disaster 2011-07-07T19:23:05Z The first cracks in the levees were opened in five extraordinary days last October, when a double blow to Weinstein was dealt by two titans of New York media. Harvey Weinstein's arrest: the moment the #MeToo flood burst the dam 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z These men and women begin to talk, and all the moral levees break. A Late-Night Radio Drama, With Hints of the Internet to Come 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Then there are the crumbling levees that converted this marshland into arable tracts over a century ago; some scientists now fear another Katrina. Journeys: Houseboating on Northern California?s Delta 2010-07-24T05:01:00Z The city's levee system failed after in 2005, putting much of the city underwater. Gulf Coast braces for flooding from Tropical Storm Lee 2011-09-03T02:20:00Z Rich men and women alike invited visitors to attend their levees, but it was the lady's toilette that appealed as a titillating subject for art – a modern Venus exhibiting her charms. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z In the morning when Alastair and I would go up to Tony's flat, I would be reminded of a levee in Louis XIV's Versailles. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Steps away, rising floodwaters seep down a levee wall; across the way, a storm diary written in black felt marker on a housing project wall bears testimony to the hellish days after Katrina hit. Tales of Katrina told through La. museum exhibit 2010-10-23T18:01:00Z Steinberg’s acceptance speech referenced the famous retaining wall built around the foundation of the World Trade Center, which was, in effect, a levee. Don’t Call It Katrina 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z As if this natural disaster were not tragedy enough, political decisions to pre-emptively blow up levees, which disproportionately affected African Americans, exacerbated the damage. An artful, disquieting look at ‘The Great Flood’ 2014-03-20T21:28:14Z Gene Hogg, the Salvation Army’s commander for central Maryland, organized mobile kitchens after the twin towers fell in Manhattan and the levees broke in New Orleans. The Freshest Ideas Are in Small Grocery Stores 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Set in Greenville, Miss., the play opens as the rains pour down, and black laborers pile sandbags to shore up the levee holding back the big river. | 'On the Levee': Tamping Down a Flood at the Duke on 42nd Street 2010-06-29T02:37:00Z But it is so much more than a drab tome for levee nerds and military history buffs, because it was designed by Joost Grootens. The Artistry of Inconspicuous Quality 2010-05-02T18:00:00Z "It's about a little girl and her father living cut off from the world by a giant levee, living in this off-the-grid town called 'The Bathtub'," he said. Indie film "Beasts" a fearless success 2012-06-27T18:09:33Z Beasts of the Southern Wild – as retold by the US government When a hurricane breaches the levee outside New Orleans, everyone wades in to help with the rescue effort. Alter Argo: Iranian film to tell other side of hostage crisis 2013-01-11T17:37:56Z The Picayune’s finest hour came 10 years ago as the winds whipped and the levees crumbled. In New Orleans, a journalistic experiment with unclear results 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z It never threatens to overspill its levees, or to rip us far from shore and leave us there for a while. Jennifer Egan Updates the Old-Fashioned Page-Turner in ‘Manhattan Beach’ 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z But a prominent flood expert and member of a board overseeing part of the system said Friday he was confident the levees would hold. Gulf Coast braces for flooding from Tropical Storm Lee 2011-09-03T02:20:00Z Someone needs to build something — a levee, a lever, a really big boat, a plan — and make a change as the world shifts. What the fuzzy animals of Netflix's "The House" can teach "Don't Look Up" about climate anxiety 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z It swept over levees, tossing boats on top of houses as if they were toys, and devastated much of the low-lying parish of about seventy thousand people. The search for Hurricane Katrina survivors: Door to door in St. Bernard Parish 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z He had been adopted out of an orphanage in Hattiesburg, Miss., by Dorothy and Albert Stanford, an older gentleman who built levees and had Frank summering in river camps. Swept away by 'What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford' 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z That movie detailed the overwhelming losses and the pain and suffering the hurricane and the breaching of the levees caused. Spike Lee screens new Katrina film in New Orleans 2010-08-18T19:01:00Z By Tuesday morning a levee had failed, water was now rising through the city, and it was clear to me, at this point, that a nightmare was unfolding. “No one knows if New Orleans will live again”: A digital diary of Hurricane Katrina, 10 years later 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z On the Illinois side, we stashed our kayaks partway up One Mile Race Creek and walked along the levee about a mile to Fort de Chartres. 2010-01-07T18:26:00Z Lawyers, accountants, personal assistants, PRs, partial journalists – all were enlisted to erect those levees and keep the truth from gushing out. Harvey Weinstein's arrest: the moment the #MeToo flood burst the dam 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z About 500 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in San Joaquin County on Monday afternoon after the levee on the San Joaquin River was breached. Five homeless people rescued from flooding as rain inundates California 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The sparks really fly when the infantile emotions of religious fervor breach the levee and pour into sexual territory. God is not a prude: This is why religion remains so sex-obsessed, why we pretend Jesus was born of a virgin 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Not all of it works, but when it does, which is quite often, you can say along with him, at the close of one poem, “Oh Sweet Jesus the levees that break in my heart.” Review: ‘What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford’ 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z “We are figuring out how often and in which contexts to gracefully add the phrase ‘and the federal levee failures’ without upsetting sentence structure, or whether to simply call everything ‘the flood.’ Don’t Call It Katrina 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the levees, which had begun failing almost immediately, got progressively worse. ‘Five Days at Memorial’ Tells the Harrowing Story of a Deadly Choice 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z They also damage banks and levees by burrowing. 'Cable Guy' tours country for History Channel 2012-01-05T15:58:08Z Flooding from storm surge and broken levees washed over an estimated 80 percent of New Orleans. Fats Domino's Katrina-damaged grand piano restored 2013-05-02T18:30:13Z As a baby, he’d been abandoned at the Emery Home for Unwed Mothers near Hattiesburg, Miss. His well-to-do adoptive father built levees along the Mississippi River’s tributaries. Review: ‘What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford’ 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z American Pie We mourned the defunct music’s parting, As Chevys to levees were darting. Style Invitational Week 1445: Put it in bee-verse 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Thanks to those estuary-altering levees, that was often the case, allowing us to peer down at land tens of feet below the water. Setting Sail on the Winding Waterways of California’s Delta 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z The levee road ended at the Mississippi River, next to a man fishing and a faded sign indicating that the area used to be the landing point of a ferry. Along the Mississippi 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z One of the great media-fed myths of Katrina was that criminality, violence and looting swept New Orleans after the breach of the city’s levees. Analysis | After a CNN interviewee erupts in anger, disaster reporting standards come into focus 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z According to Dr. Butzer, during late Paleolithic times the great bulk of early settlements were concentrated in the floodplains on the levees and the immediate riverbanks of the Nile. The Ancient Egyptian invention that made everything else possible 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z "But that's a very different problem than a hurricane sweeping over the levees, threatening to breach them." Gulf Coast braces for flooding from Tropical Storm Lee 2011-09-03T02:20:00Z The levee infrastructure itself is in need of updating, as the system is increasingly at risk from flooding, general deterioration and earthquakes. Setting Sail on the Winding Waterways of California’s Delta 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z We got lost afterward, and drove along a tiny road built on top of the levees. Along the Mississippi 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z During the chaos in New Orleans after the levees broke, sensational accounts abounded, often given as official information by local leaders and law enforcement, and broadcast uncritically by the news media. NBC launches probe into Brian Williams’s claims 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z "I've seen breaks out on the levee, in a world so far beyond strange," he sings in the hopeful "Give Me Tomorrow." Rock solid: Nile's 'Innocent Ones' strikes a chord 2011-12-16T11:01:04Z The one you were born from is so fat, she could be used as a levee! Style Invitational: Let ’er RIP — write a funny line for someone’s obituary 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z In an attempt to save the Bathtub from flooding, a small band of residents, seemingly on an anarchistic whim, dynamite a levee. Hushpuppy, anarchist antihero? 2012-08-09T19:40:00Z Many man-made islands are now as much as 25 feet below the water level because of both increased levee size and topsoil loss. Setting Sail on the Winding Waterways of California’s Delta 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z When there was a choice, for example, about which side of the river to expose to controlled dynamiting of levees, poor black communities got the worst of it. 1927 ‘Great Flood’ still timely, especially with Bill Frisell 2013-03-01T21:25:10Z Its woes are a consequence of the civic collapse that preceded Katrina, the devastating levee failures following the storm, and most recently, the unrivaled environmental devastation from the BP oil disaster. "If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise": Spike Lee's riveting look at New Orleans, now 2010-08-21T23:01:00Z When Wags blows up on a stranger for disrespecting a piece of sushi, Gus asks, “What’s churning those waters up so much that a little cub like that can break the levee?” ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 2: Nifty Shades of ‘Weiner’ 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z City officials said they expect some street flooding but no levee problems. Tropical Storm Lee forms in the Gulf 2011-09-03T01:18:00Z Shearer, who appears in the film sporadically, carefully builds the case that the New Orleans levee system — built by the U.S. 'The Big Uneasy': Hurricane Katrina as unnatural disaster 2011-07-07T19:23:05Z The "near-failing grade" referred to predictions that the levee system, though improved, would still be overtopped in the case of a 500-year storm, which would have a 0.2% chance of occurring in any year. Gulf Coast braces for flooding from Tropical Storm Lee 2011-09-03T02:20:00Z When he was 13, he and his family evacuated the city before the storm arrived and the levees broke. ‘Katrina Babies’ Review: Hearing From Survivors 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Gulf Coast and deluged the city of New Orleans after levees broke. 'Selma' director DuVernay to make Hurricane Katrina feature film 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The levees surrounding the city — the same ones that failed — helped to erode these swamps, leaving the city exposed to storms. Is that a forest downtown? 2012-07-07T16:00:00Z A long walk along the levee traverses Kawainui Marsh, a good birders’ spot. Return to Kailua, Hawaii 2011-09-02T18:14:23Z Hundreds of sacks of sugar tower over a worker, recalling levees or even sandbags fronting the trenches of the Great War. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Its location is the batture, the area between the river and the levee. In Prospect New Orleans, a Curator Guides 73 Artists Toward Higher Ground 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Contingency plans include protective barriers - known as "levees" - which are being built near the geothermal plant while the famous Blue Lagoon spa remains closed. Iceland volcano: Peninsula faces 'decades' of instability 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Forecasters say California could be facing another wet winter driven by El Niño, including more levee breaches and flooding across the state. With hot October temperatures, this is 'virtually certain' to be the warmest year on record 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z A levee failure on the Pajaro River in Monterey County led to extensive flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations and dozens of water rescues. California's extreme weather whiplash: So long, drought. Hello, El Niño 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z "To support the mechanism, the levees, the pumps and all things that are involved with a hurricane defense system, you have to have more money," Waggoner said. As devastated Acapulco rebuilds, other Mexico resorts urged to heed its lessons 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Additionally, moving levees farther away from riverbanks allows water to spread and flow over floodplains as they would naturally, slowing it and recharging groundwater. Depleted Groundwater Could Be Refilled by Borrowing a Trick from Solar Power 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, back-to-back storms delivered near-record snowpack and widespread flooding in California, along with levee breaches and evacuations across the state. First measurable snow of the season heading for California. See how much will fall 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Godfrey, a wildlife biologist, kept his gaze — and his headlamp — pointed down to light up the water at the base of the levee. See You Later, Not-an-Alligator 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z This month, state officials said they are taking steps to prepare for such a possibility, including assembling flood control material and sandbags, and providing funds for critical levee repairs. A warm, wet El Niño winter is in store for California and much of the U.S. 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z To deal with the subsidence and reduce risks, local flood control districts have had to raise the levees that protect the city of Corcoran. California's epic rain year boosted groundwater levels, but not enough to recoup losses 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Yet California squandered much of the bounty from its recent unusually wet winter, as levees, channelized rivers and paved cities funneled much of the runoff into the ocean rather than capturing it. Depleted Groundwater Could Be Refilled by Borrowing a Trick from Solar Power 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The Mississippi is one of the most heavily engineered rivers in the country, with dams, levees, reservoirs and frequent dredging. Here’s Why Salt Water Is Invading the Mississippi and Whether It Will Happen More Often 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z As storms hammered California, multiple levees breached and sent water rushing into towns and communities, including the small migrant community of Pajaro. California just experienced a 'miracle' water year. But winter could bring new challenges 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Forecasters are warning of another potentially wet winter fueled by El Niño, which could bring levee breaches and flooding. A warm, wet El Niño winter is in store for California and much of the U.S. 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z They maintain most of the irrigation canals and levees that weave through the lake bottom, dividing it into cells where water can be channeled and stored. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Officials are addressing the issue in multiple ways, including heightening an existing sill, an underwater levee used to block or slow the flow of salt water. What is saltwater intrusion and how is it affecting Louisiana’s drinking water? 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z This La Niña winter was among the wettest in recent memory, with more than 30 atmospheric rivers pummeling California, causing devastating levee breaches, fatal flooding and the resurgence of Tulare Lake. El Niño is getting stronger, and odds are tilting toward another wet winter for California 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Among the state’s preparations are $52 million in funding to assist with local flood projects and critical levee repairs. California just experienced a 'miracle' water year. But winter could bring new challenges 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z John Sweeney, who bought the island in 2011 for $150,000, is selling the property because the state sued him a few years ago for illegally building levees on the island. A 50-acre private island in San Francisco Bay lists for $75 million 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Across the lake bottom, Boswell had bolstered its levee system to direct the water, while keeping expansive stretches of the company land protected and dry. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z A.J. had built a levee of sorts, stacked with mud, rocks and other debris. ‘Never come back:’ Flooding highlights dangers to homeless living in tunnels 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The GAO said that Customs and Border Protection later addressed construction-caused safety hazards, such as building concrete floodwalls to fix earthen levees in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. Congressional watchdog describes border wall harm, says agencies should work together to ease damage 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The state is also readying more flood control material than last year, including more “muscle wall” — or material to help shore up levees and contain water — and 2.4 million additional sandbags, officials said. California just experienced a 'miracle' water year. But winter could bring new challenges 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z “These levees need to be upgraded now, urgently, and this allows us to perform critical work on a much faster timeline.” As El Niño gathers strength, lawmakers look to fortify Pajaro's flood-ravaged levee 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z In the distance, a Boswell crew with earth-movers was building a levee, a rising barrier of mounded dirt. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Having better-educated engineers would be an important step in making sure that projects such as levees, bridges or skyscrapers can withstand everything from natural disasters to everyday use, said Levees.org. 18 years after Katrina levee breaches, group wants future engineers to learn from past mistakes 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z But his makeshift levee was feeble, the little rivers were growing and the storm was expected to get much worse. A tropical storm came to the desert, and migrant farmers faced a new danger 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z But with abundance comes risk: Forecasters are warning of another potentially wet winter fueled by El Niño, which could bring levee breaches and flooding to the state once again. California just experienced a 'miracle' water year. But winter could bring new challenges 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The bill, AB 876, would exempt the levee project from various state and local environmental laws and regulations that could slow construction by years. As El Niño gathers strength, lawmakers look to fortify Pajaro's flood-ravaged levee 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z In past floods, Boswell made strategic cuts in its levees to allow certain sectors of its cropland to be flooded and then held off planting those fields until the water receded. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Federal levee design and construction failures allowed the hurricane to trigger one of the nation’s deadliest and costliest disasters. 18 years after Katrina levee breaches, group wants future engineers to learn from past mistakes 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Army Corps of Engineers is coordinating with local agencies to ensure safety in and around its dams, levees and basins, according to Dena O’Dell, public affairs chief with the Corps’ Los Angeles District. SoCal roads, freeways, beaches, power lines could be imperiled by Hurricane Hilary 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z And it’s about to host a vast undertaking meant to mimic Mother Nature: Enormous gates will be soon be incorporated into a flood protection levee. A billion-dollar coastal project begins in Louisiana. Will it work as sea levels rise? 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z For years, little was done to improve the structure, even though federal, state and local governments knew the levee was at risk of breaching. As El Niño gathers strength, lawmakers look to fortify Pajaro's flood-ravaged levee 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z This time was different, he said, in part because the big farmers raised levees that stopped the water from moving south and flooding areas that historically had filled. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Water flowed through busted levees for days, covering 80% of the city, and took weeks to drain. 18 years after Katrina levee breaches, group wants future engineers to learn from past mistakes 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Human efforts to constrain the river with flood protection levees and huge flow-control structures safeguarded cities and communities that developed along the banks as the river became a medium of navigation and commerce. A billion-dollar coastal project begins in Louisiana. Will it work as sea levels rise? 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z An executive order signed by the governor this month will streamline levee repairs and debris removal to help protect and prepare communities for another potential inundation. As threat of El Niño winter looms, Newsom signs order to hasten levee repairs 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z After the levee breached, an official with the U.S. As El Niño gathers strength, lawmakers look to fortify Pajaro's flood-ravaged levee 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z No matter which side of the levee they stand on, almost everyone in the Tulare Lake Basin agrees that the damage has been more far-reaching than in years past. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Residents of villages along the river Mura had to be evacuated on Sunday night after part of the levee collapsed. 'Nature fights back': Slovenia's worst floods kill six 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z “I’ve driven up and down all these roads and dirt roads and levees, and to see this much water covering all this farmland, it’s … kind of like a biblical moment.” What's in the mysterious waters of Tulare Lake? Contaminants, egrets and many unknowns 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Last winter, dozens of levee breaches around the state sent stormwater rushing into communities — killing several people and causing considerable damage. As threat of El Niño winter looms, Newsom signs order to hasten levee repairs 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Army Corps of Engineers — which built the levee in 1949 — told the Times that rebuilding the levee never penciled out, in terms of “benefit-cost ratios.” As El Niño gathers strength, lawmakers look to fortify Pajaro's flood-ravaged levee 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z In the face of such arguments, the supervisors held firm and upheld their vote to cut the Boswell levee. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Most snakes have been found near roads and levees - places where humans can easily reach them. US snake hunters fight pythons big enough to devour gators 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Part of this plan includes building levees, floodwalls and gates and creating speed bumps of slightly higher land within marsh and wetland areas to reduce erosion and slow storm surges. US legislators turn to Louisiana for experience on climate change impacts to infrastructure 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Restoring levees, river channels and other elements of the state’s aged flood infrastructure is critical to public safety. As threat of El Niño winter looms, Newsom signs order to hasten levee repairs 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Fourteen deaths occurred in an underpass in the central city of Cheongju, where more than a dozen vehicles were swamped on Saturday when a river levee collapsed. Record heat wave grips China as flood toll rises in South Korea 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z He had come down after local officials begged the state for money to build up the Corcoran levee, a 14-mile-long earthen wall that protects the town and prison when water rises in the lake bottom. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z In South Korea, torrential rains left 40 people dead as river levees collapsed causing flash floods. Heatwaves: world reels from wildfires, floods as US and China discuss climate crisis 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The average age of our levees is also 50; our dams average 57. Here’s what worries engineers the most about U.S. infrastructure 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The levee that was breached in March had been slated for an upgrade and new construction when the flooding happened, but the work had not yet begun. As threat of El Niño winter looms, Newsom signs order to hasten levee repairs 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The area lies next to a river and on Saturday a levee broke in an spot slated for more construction. South Korea flood deaths cast doubt on work to prepare for extreme weather 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in the state, disaster response officials have detailed maps of levee systems and roads that help them strategize flood management. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Rivers swollen with biblical amounts of rainfall overwhelmed the network of levees and irrigation canals that weave through the basin diverting water for farm and livestock use. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Some of those orchards turned out to be vulnerable when rivers swollen with runoff broke through levees and inundated farmlands. 'It's a disaster': California farmer faces ordeal as pistachio farm sits underwater 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z For years, the levee running along the Pajaro River had been neglected despite concerns about its decrepitude. In the wake of winter storm damage, Pajaro River flood-control efforts slide 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Otherwise, the prognosis for the delta is bleak because of sea level rise caused by climate change and potential earthquakes that could flatten levees. Column: Southpaw Newsom is shelled by lawmakers on plans for a delta tunnel 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Over the years, many private landowners have built levees and berms to protect their investments. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Their first day working the levees, Samuel Sanchez and Javier Puga baked on the towering dirt mounds as temperatures hit 101. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z When the levee finally gave way on May 23, water poured through the breach onto the farm, inundating the trees. 'It's a disaster': California farmer faces ordeal as pistachio farm sits underwater 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z After it breached in March, Townsley told The Times the Corps had known for years “the levees were probably not adequate for the water that that system gets.” In the wake of winter storm damage, Pajaro River flood-control efforts slide 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z And they point out that no quake has ever seriously harmed a delta levee. Column: Southpaw Newsom is shelled by lawmakers on plans for a delta tunnel 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In May, a privately built levee on farmland near Corcoran broke and water rushed onto a neighboring orchard planted with hundreds of acres of pistachio trees. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z As members of the California Conservation Corps, the two were among more than 100 workers who spent 24 days in May and June fortifying an eight-mile stretch of levee protecting Corcoran and adjacent farmland. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z “The intrusion of the water after the levee broke was violent, and there is no way you could control it,” Hanna said. 'It's a disaster': California farmer faces ordeal as pistachio farm sits underwater 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Just months after a levee failure inundated the small farmworker community of Pajaro, Calif., and sent thousands fleeing, cracks have already begun forming in the regional agency tasked with maintaining flood infrastructure. In the wake of winter storm damage, Pajaro River flood-control efforts slide 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Standing on the sloping bank of a levee, the group said a prayer. 'This water needs to be protected': California tribe calls for preservation of Tulare Lake 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z But other farmers rejected the rationale, saying to prevent the threat of imminent flooding near Corcoran a Boswell levee had to be cut. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z They employed a technique called wave wash protection, which involves blanketing the levee with a plastic liner secured with sandbags. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Nearby, a work crew from the California Conservation Corps was reinforcing the levee that protects the city of Corcoran. 'It's a disaster': California farmer faces ordeal as pistachio farm sits underwater 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z He dismissed concerns the move was going to affect the ability of the joint powers authority to operate or proceed with repairs on the levee, which is undergoing a major rebuild after years of neglect. In the wake of winter storm damage, Pajaro River flood-control efforts slide 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The biggest community in the immediate basin, Corcoran, has worked with county, state and federal agencies to shore up surrounding levees that protect its population of about 22,500. A Vast Lake Has Captivated California Where Farms Stood a Year Ago 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z The Corps manages floodplains, levees, and other water infrastructure across the U.S., making critical decisions on emergency management. US engineers contributed to Missouri River flood damage and must pay landowners, court rules 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The process would help the levees resist the powerful forces of water erosion. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Three weeks later, Hanna said workers were trying to fix the levee and were pumping water out of the flooded part of the orchard. 'It's a disaster': California farmer faces ordeal as pistachio farm sits underwater 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z “It’s a $500-million project,” said Friend of the levee construction — with funds already committed by the federal and state governments. In the wake of winter storm damage, Pajaro River flood-control efforts slide 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z As for the earthquake threat, no temblor has ever damaged a delta levee and there are no major faults under the estuary. Column: On delta tunnel, Newson should heed Dirty Harry's sound advice 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Back in January, on a dark night of pelting rain, Erica Lopez Bedolla had only minutes to evacuate her family from the impoverished Central Valley town of Planada after a levee broke. Column: State Farm is right. California can't keep building housing in high-risk places 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Smith can point out where he picked cotton for Irons down by the levee. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z In the scenes I had as incident commander during the hurricane and the horrendous aftermath when the levees broke, I had to know everything. Cherry Jones is turning up everywhere you look -- in work that's getting attention 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z And the storms themselves are more sudden and intense, and therefore more likely to cause floods, burst levees and overflow reservoirs. California Is Living Between Ever-Widening Climate Extremes 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Farmers and public works crews are racing to shore up levees in the Central Valley. Mt. Whitney: A perilous trek to the top of California's record snowpack 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s felt like an injustice on top of an earlier injustice — the failure to maintain the levees protecting the town. After months 'left in the dark,' undocumented flood victims to get $95 million in aid from state 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z It was Puga’s third flood emergency and his second time fortifying a levee. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z And, they said, the new premium rates fail to take into account individual homeowners’ flood mitigation efforts, such as house raising, or local governments’ construction of levees and other flood protection measures. Louisiana, 9 other states sue US government over steep flood insurance rate increases 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z This year’s wet winter was particularly acute in those regions: In the Monterey County town of Pajaro, levee breaches spurred evacuations and sent floodwater into people’s homes. Majority of Californians fear worsening weather swings due to climate change, poll finds 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Under the state’s plan, more than 2 million cubic yards of soil would be repositioned to create earthen levees up to 20 feet high for flood protection from Pacific Ocean tides. Judge orders halt to Ballona Wetlands restoration project 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Yet the flooded crops and tenuous levees at Tulare Lake represent only a fraction of the statewide and nationwide landscape now subject to greater floods of the global warming era. Opinion: We've seen the flooding in California. Will we move to higher ground? 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z “Once you get to the top of the levee, everything you see is water,” he said. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z This is the third time either the state or federal government will intervene to raise the levees. California officials say communities near refilling Tulare Lake now unlikely to flood 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z They make their way on their own, clambering up the river levee and onto the streets below, often dazed from the trip and the unforgiving, subtropical heat. At Mexico's southern border, the migrant flow is undeterred 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z “The less water up against the Corcoran levee, the better,” she said. California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Just weeks ago, levees turned to mud along the Pajaro River in Monterey County, flooding homes and businesses in communities that could least afford it. Opinion: We've seen the flooding in California. Will we move to higher ground? 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Standing on the levee, they could see the signs of drowned farmland and roofs of flooded houses and barns. Tulare Lake’s ghostly rebirth brings wonder — and hardship. Inside a community's resilience 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The levees have sunken into the ground as officials pumped lots of water from underground during dry years. California officials say communities near refilling Tulare Lake now unlikely to flood 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z “We will certainly want to be in those levee systems making sure those repairs and those improvements are made, if in fact we do have more wet conditions,” she said. El Niño is back, bringing disruption, danger for California, world. 'We need to be prepared' 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin complained that projects to protect communities from flooding, such as building new dams or levees, were sometimes blocked by local pressure groups anxious to protect the countryside. Exceptional weather becomes the new norm in exposed Italy 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z “The worst-case scenario here would be a crash on a levee,” he said. Chevron scrambles to batten down oil fields amid threat of Kern River flooding 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Newsom now plans to restore money for flood protection projects and spend another $250 million on other flood projects, which includes raising a levee to protect the Central Valley community of Corcoran. Gov. Gavin Newsom says California’s budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The levee is key to protecting critical infrastructure in the area, including medical facilities, power plants and dual prison facilities that hold about 8,000 inmates. State will pay to raise levee protecting Corcoran city and prison complex from flooding 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Their pants were still wet with mud as they limped along the darkened levee, celebrating their arrival while being ushered along by Border Patrol agents. Minutes After Title 42 Expired, Scenes of Anxiety and Weariness Along the Border 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Later, Durán could be seen walking along the levee with other migrants who had crossed the Rio Grande and passed the barbed wire. Some scenes from the US-Mexico border, where immigration rules are set to change 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “The levees through Bakersfield are in good shape,” he added, “although some recreation areas and bike paths may get a little bit wet.” Chevron scrambles to batten down oil fields amid threat of Kern River flooding 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Families craved normalcy in the impoverished Merced County farm town of 4,000, which was inundated after Miles Creek burst its bank and busted through levees. Rural California schools, hit hard by flood damage, dread what snowmelt could bring 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The announcement followed appeals by Corcoran and Kings County officials for help in raising the aging levee. State will pay to raise levee protecting Corcoran city and prison complex from flooding 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Robin Koda navigated the levees of her family’s rice farm with the grace of someone who has been moving among water, soil and grass her whole life. L.A.’s sushi revolution was fueled by this secret ingredient from the Central Valley 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z And with the floods forecast to recede slowly, hope is fading that residents will be able to tear down the levee and reclaim a riverside park before Memorial Day. Recently parched Mississippi River faces major floods as record snows melt 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “We have people checking our berms and levees 24 hours a day,” he said. Chevron scrambles to batten down oil fields amid threat of Kern River flooding 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Though Anderson said reservoir management should help “mitigate the consequences downstream,” local officials said levees will continue to be stressed, and upstream releases could put pressure on lower systems. First heat wave of the year set to bake Sierra Nevada snowpack. 'The big melt is now here' 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The levee has been repaired twice by the U.S. State will pay to raise levee protecting Corcoran city and prison complex from flooding 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z A beaver or a squirrel that tears a hole in a levee could also bring trouble. As epic snow melts, a California community braces for floods 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z “If we didn’t have these levees, it would be so much worse.” Recently parched Mississippi River faces major floods as record snows melt 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Municipalities and private landowners have been trying to corral the flow of water into a web of levees. ‘The Big Melt’ Has Begun in California 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z City Manager Greg Gatzka, who for weeks has been waging an unsuccessful campaign to marshal state and federal funds to bolster the levee, said he is “beyond frustrated” by the difficulty of accessing emergency funding. Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Officials could not provide a firm timeline for the completion of the levee repair, but noted that the work is already underway. State will pay to raise levee protecting Corcoran city and prison complex from flooding 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z In the Island District, residents don’t have a levee to protect them. As epic snow melts, a California community braces for floods 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Morgan, now a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, pointed to one instance in which the Trump administration was going to build a more robust levee wall, so the existing one was taken down. DHS looks to run out the clock on border wall 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The lake is already encroaching on aging levees in the city of Corcoran, with two state prisons and a population of about 22,000. ‘The Big Melt’ Has Begun in California 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z In the meantime, the Cross Creek Flood Control District, which is responsible for the levee, has tapped reserve funds to begin gathering dirt to reinforce it. Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z We try to fix those problems with single-focus projects like dams and levees, a manifestation of the cultural drive to control our environment. Ongoing Development Is Part of the Colorado River Problem 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The project will include restoring mined flood plain, ripping out levees and restoring instream habitat. $60 million coming to WA for salmon recovery 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z A new side channel here meanders through land that once was behind a levee and the location of a mobile home park. How the Cedar River got its meander back 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z What's more, the levees and channels that control flooding are getting less effective as the land around them subsides. The ghost of Tulare Lake returns, flooding California’s Central Valley 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z He said the city has heard that state and federal officials are “working on” assistance for the levee, “but it needs to come faster.” Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Crews have a matter of weeks, maybe months, to reinforce levees and repair breaks. San Joaquin Valley farmers dig in for the next battle: an epic Sierra snowmelt 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z The agency has been fulfilling requests for sandbags and plastic barriers know as muscle walls to help block water, and has deployed engineers to assist with flood threat assessments and levee repairs. California has so much snow that flood danger will last through the year 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Released from an engineered levee, the Cedar has additional space to meander. How the Cedar River got its meander back 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z In other cities, like Sacramento, the state spent billions to improve a network of levees and channels that helps manage runoff, but the Tulare Lake basin has no centralized flood infrastructure at all. The ghost of Tulare Lake returns, flooding California’s Central Valley 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Adding to the uncertainty are questions about the integrity of the levee itself. Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The floodwaters lap against the levee banks and from there stretch miles to the horizon. San Joaquin Valley farmers dig in for the next battle: an epic Sierra snowmelt 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Many of these neighborhoods sit behind old reservoirs and around weakened levees that have flooded significantly in the past. California got all the snow and rain it needed. Now those could threaten a disaster. 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z In the storm of November 1990, the river channel shifted overnight, washing out the flood control levee and threatening homes. How the Cedar River got its meander back 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The only levees in the lake bed are those owned and maintained by local flood control districts, which often lack the capital to make significant improvements. The ghost of Tulare Lake returns, flooding California’s Central Valley 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z And that levee, according to city officials and local farmers, could be in big trouble. Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z They are using excavators and heavy machinery to cart in mounds of dirt in hopes of raising the levee just enough. San Joaquin Valley farmers dig in for the next battle: an epic Sierra snowmelt 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Drought, neglect and past floods have eroded earthen levees. California got all the snow and rain it needed. Now those could threaten a disaster. 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z The waters spilled into a former gravel pit along the river before crews could remove the last pieces of the levee themselves. How the Cedar River got its meander back 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Our flood management infrastructure, meanwhile, is aging: Most of California’s levees, dams, coastal protections and flood walls and channels are more than 75 years old. Opinion: Catastrophic floods and breached levees reveal a problem California too often neglects 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Some of those levees were removed once the water receded. Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The water level on the outer side of the levee sits at 178 feet, 10 feet below the rim. San Joaquin Valley farmers dig in for the next battle: an epic Sierra snowmelt 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Farmers have been pacing along the levees on their land around the clock. California got all the snow and rain it needed. Now those could threaten a disaster. 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z The levee that restrained the Cedar River here for years blocked access to the channels that give salmon and other fish an escape from seasonal high waters. How the Cedar River got its meander back 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z As the recent levee failures on the Pajaro River showed, low-income communities that lack resources for flood protection and recovery are especially vulnerable. Opinion: Catastrophic floods and breached levees reveal a problem California too often neglects 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The Army Corps again came to the town’s rescue, constructing the current levee around Corcoran but extracting a promise that the Cross Creek Flood Control district would be responsible for maintaining it. Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Gatzka said the aim is to raise the levee by 4 feet. San Joaquin Valley farmers dig in for the next battle: an epic Sierra snowmelt 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z These storms have wreaked havoc in many regions — bursting levees, flooding crops, inundating residential neighborhoods and washing out roadways. Column: There's a bright side to the battery of California storms — more clean hydroelectric power and groundwater 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Crews removed about 3,000 feet of levee and revetment — a barrier that slows erosion — built in the 1960s and 1970s. How the Cedar River got its meander back 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z “There’s just too much snowmelt to be accommodated in our rivers and channels and keeping things between levees.” Dramatic photos show how storms filled California reservoirs 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z In 2015, the levee was raised after officials grew alarmed by increasing subsidence. Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z In the meantime, officials farther north are keeping a close eye on areas that have already seen levee breaches and flooding this year. Snowmelt flood risk to last for months, experts say 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Within hours of the levee failure, streets, homes and businesses were under several feet of water. Flooded California farm town pleaded for weeks for federal aid. It's finally on the way 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The storms replenished rivers and reservoirs and dropped piles of snow across the state, but also caused widespread flooding, levee breaches and nearly three dozen deaths. California’s snowpack is the deepest in 70 years. Now get ready for perilous 'big melt' 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s for this reason that officials are now keeping a wary eye on levees and other structures that are designed to keep floodwaters from entering waste ponds. Acres of L.A. County sewage sludge threaten to contaminate Tulare Lake floodwaters 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Together, the two institutions house about 8,000 people on properties adjacent to the levee. Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The joint state-federal Flood Operations Center, which has been activated since early March, is also continuing to respond to levee concerns along the San Joaquin River and its tributaries, said Arrich, of water resources department. Snowmelt flood risk to last for months, experts say 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z California lawmakers have urged the Army Corps of Engineers to speed up construction on the levee that breached in Pajaro earlier this month. Flooded California farm town pleaded for weeks for federal aid. It's finally on the way 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Across the region, the surprise barrage of atmospheric rivers that swept through California over the past three months already has saturated the ground, overflowed canals and burst through levees. Tulare Lake Was Drained Off the Map. Nature Would Like a Word. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z “If it melts gradually, then most of the levees are designed to be able to hold that.” Acres of L.A. County sewage sludge threaten to contaminate Tulare Lake floodwaters 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z In Facebook groups for families of inmates, women with loved ones in the prison said fears about the levee’s integrity fill them with anxiety. Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z "They think that building a levee is going to protect them from rising seawater. But, of course, a levee doesn't affect much about the way that groundwater rises behind it." It’s not just oceans that are rising. Groundwater is, too 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Officials had known for decades that the levee that breached on the Pajaro River was vulnerable to failing, but repairs were never prioritized, according to interviews and records reviewed by The Times. Flooded California farm town pleaded for weeks for federal aid. It's finally on the way 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Snowy white cranes soar over dirt levees that, so far, are shielding some 22,000 residents and inmates. Tulare Lake Was Drained Off the Map. Nature Would Like a Word. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z She said the county is working with state and federal agencies “to shore up and do as much fixes of the levees and the channel systems” as it can before the melt. Acres of L.A. County sewage sludge threaten to contaminate Tulare Lake floodwaters 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z They worry even more that with water sloshing against the levee for up to two years, it may start to erode and breach. Fears grow as floodwaters threaten to drown this California city and prison complex 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z For decades, state and federal officials had known the levee in Pajaro was inadequate. California lawmakers tell Army Corps of Engineers to speed up Pajaro levee repairs 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z After the levee broke, community organizers worked with Monterey County officials to provide dozens of interpreters and volunteers to assist families at local shelters and evacuation centers. Amid a disastrous flood, interpreters are a lifeline for Indigenous farmworkers 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Downstream, farmers and cities have erected hundreds of miles of levees and canals. Tulare Lake Was Drained Off the Map. Nature Would Like a Word. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Levee maintenance: The Pajaro River runs between Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, yet separate agencies with separate budgets maintain the levees designed to prevent the river from flooding, The Mercury News reports. Lucas Museum in Los Angeles Slated to Open in 2025 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z In 1880, in the name of reclamation, the state Legislature allowed newcomers to buy marshland for $2.50 an acre, $2 of which would be refunded if they helped construct a levee system. California's 'phantom lake' returns with a vengeance, unearthing an ugly history of water 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Last fall, after decades of inaction, the corps, along with state and local agencies, was finally able to secure the roughly $400 million required to rebuild the levee. California lawmakers tell Army Corps of Engineers to speed up Pajaro levee repairs 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The woman and her three children had been staying at the center for a week, after a broken levee flooded the farming town of Pajaro and forced residents to flee. Amid a disastrous flood, interpreters are a lifeline for Indigenous farmworkers 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z At tense emergency meetings last month, farmers claimed that rogue actors were secretly cutting holes in levees, violating longstanding traditions about the order in which farms were supposed to be flooded in wet years. Tulare Lake Was Drained Off the Map. Nature Would Like a Word. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z A fifth of the population live under the federal poverty line, and the town’s residents face the risk of flooding should the backwater levees along the Yazoo fail. Rolling Fork, the birthplace of Muddy Waters, has faced tornado and flooding concerns for years. 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Its residents live with the risk of flooding should the backwater levees along the Yazoo fail. Deadly Tornado Tears Through Mississippi 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z That surfeit of water fed the typically trickling river into a torrent — overtopping and weakening the 75-year old earthen levee. California lawmakers tell Army Corps of Engineers to speed up Pajaro levee repairs 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Pajaro floods: A levee break in Monterey County has affected 2,500 residents, leaving nearly 500 people in shelters and many others without access to clean water or sewers, The San Francisco Chronicle reports. What Does All This Rain Mean for California’s Drought? 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z At one session, a public works official in Corcoran reported that the city had posted an armed guard at the levees protecting it. Tulare Lake Was Drained Off the Map. Nature Would Like a Word. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The family had recently landed in an emergency shelter here, less than a week after fleeing their home in Pajaro in the morning darkness when a levee broke and unleashed a flood. In Pajaro, children and teens grapple with displacement after flooding 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z In previous flood years, Grewal said, levees were typically cut open in an agreed-upon order, sending water from one enclosed “cell” to another, and filling the lake bottom in an orchestrated way. Worry and suspicion reign as once-dry Tulare Lake drowns California farmland 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, a federal official told The Times that government engineers had known for years the levee protecting the town could fail. Why is Pajaro not deemed a FEMA disaster after massive flooding from California storms? 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z A levee near the town was breached during an intense storm on March 10. Latest storm moving out of Southern California, leaving a mostly dry and sunny weekend 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z “All around, if you drive in your car, it’s just water everywhere,” said Cecilia Leal, 27, who lives across the county line in nearby Alpaugh, where evacuations were ordered last month after a levee breach. Tulare Lake Was Drained Off the Map. Nature Would Like a Word. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The levee — three miles upstream from the town of Pajaro — breached the night of March 10, said Nicholas Pasculli, a Monterey County spokesperson. Astonishing before and after satellite photos show California towns swallowed by floods 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Santiel said he’s concerned that some growers have been trying to keep water off their lands, and that canals and levees have suffered from a lack of maintenance. Worry and suspicion reign as once-dry Tulare Lake drowns California farmland 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z On Sunday morning, residents in two communities in Tulare County were ordered to leave their homes after several levee breaches occurred, Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said. Scenes From Recent Atmospheric Rivers in California 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Many areas of the valley that once flooded and naturally allowed for water to percolate into aquifers have been transformed into farmland, bisected by webs of canals and levees. Amid soaking storms, California turns to farmland to funnel water into depleted aquifers 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z A video of desperate pistachio growers launching two dirt-filled pickup trucks into a local levee breach has gone viral. Tulare Lake Was Drained Off the Map. Nature Would Like a Word. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Officials had long known that the area could flood, but plans to fix the levee never came to fruition. Astonishing before and after satellite photos show California towns swallowed by floods 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z In one mysterious incident, Jack Mitchell of the area’s Deer Creek Flood Control District alleged that someone had intentionally cut open a levee with a backhoe in the dark of night. Worry and suspicion reign as once-dry Tulare Lake drowns California farmland 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z To the west, near the coast in Monterey County, the Pajaro River submerged local farms and forced the closure of Highway 1 after a levee broke. Scenes From Recent Atmospheric Rivers in California 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Allensworth is one of many San Joaquin Valley towns on edge amid major flooding in rural communities from surging rivers and breached levees. California town engulfed in floodwater. But residents fear what will happen if they flee 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “The real challenge is going to be this very large, cumulative volume of flow and the many, many consecutive days these rivers may be pushing hard against levees,” he said. Heavy rain to hit Southern California; thousands flee flooding in Central Valley 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Their home in the Monterey County community of Pajaro was flooded after a levee failed during an intense storm on March 10. How a long history of racism and neglect set the stage for Pajaro flooding 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z This time, he said, there have been delayed responses and more levee breaches than in the past. Worry and suspicion reign as once-dry Tulare Lake drowns California farmland 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z A breached levee was being repaired on the Pajaro River in Monterey County. Scenes From Recent Atmospheric Rivers in California 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z A local flood control official said someone cut open the levee with a backhoe, and that the flood control district had reported the damage to law enforcement. Thousands of Central Valley residents told to leave homes ahead of another rain onslaught 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z That was certainly the case in Central California, where Tulare County residents continued to deal with flood threats from surging rivers and breached levees. Heavy rain to hit Southern California; thousands flee flooding in Central Valley 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Officials had long known the levee could fail, but repair efforts have been met with long delays. How a long history of racism and neglect set the stage for Pajaro flooding 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z This week, as a levee failure drowned the town of Pajaro, Hamilton City’s river also overflowed. Who deserves a levee? The fight to save California communities from flooding 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Now, the town of nearly 600 people northwest of Bakersfield faces another threat — a broken levee, along with yet another storm expected to hit in a few days. 'We need to stop the water’: A California town's frantic fight to save itself 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z There was no immediate response from the sheriff’s office about whether the levee had been intentionally cut. Thousands of Central Valley residents told to leave homes ahead of another rain onslaught 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z A levee failure on the Pajaro River in Monterey County triggered flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations. Battered Central California braces for next storm beginning Monday 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Water flowing through a gap under Highway 1 is eroding the levee from outside the river channel, officials said as they consider emergency measures to prevent more catastrophic flooding. How a long history of racism and neglect set the stage for Pajaro flooding 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z There are 1,758 levee systems throughout California listed in the U.S. Who deserves a levee? The fight to save California communities from flooding 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z He said the levee was almost fully repaired but that flooding was is still a huge concern. 'We need to stop the water’: A California town's frantic fight to save itself 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Unable to get updates from county officials besieged by breached levees and submerged roads, residents of the remote community fell to their own devices. Thousands of Central Valley residents told to leave homes ahead of another rain onslaught 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Their appetite for wetlands vegetation and their burrowing into levees hinder flood control, harm agriculture and contribute to coastal wetlands loss. State says Louisiana family must give up beloved pet nutria 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The fact that the levees breached on the Monterey County side of the river, and not into Watsonville, added to their frustration. How a long history of racism and neglect set the stage for Pajaro flooding 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Under a federal formula that weighs property values, the cost of building a levee to protect a small community far exceeds the economic benefit. Who deserves a levee? The fight to save California communities from flooding 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Mitchell said he believes that the levee breach was caused by someone intentionally cutting through the earthen barrier with machinery. 'We need to stop the water’: A California town's frantic fight to save itself 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Such communities include Pajaro, in Monterey County, which was flooded after a levee breached late Friday night. As California drought retreats, threat of spring flooding rises 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z It’s about as effective as trying to seal holes in a levee that keeps springing new leaks. The FCC is cracking down on scammy robotexts. What that means for you 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z There is no suggestion that the breach was intentional or that the levees had been built in a way that made the Monterey County side more vulnerable. How a long history of racism and neglect set the stage for Pajaro flooding 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Like Pajaro, it repeatedly sought federal funds to fix its levee and was repeatedly rebuffed. Who deserves a levee? The fight to save California communities from flooding 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z In the distance, a red emergency helicopter flew back and forth, apparently dropping loads of sand to repair the broken levee. 'We need to stop the water’: A California town's frantic fight to save itself 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z A similar series of storms in January breached levees along the Cosumnes River near Sacramento, flooding low-lying fields and roadways and contributing to the deaths of at least three people. As California drought retreats, threat of spring flooding rises 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z As river water gushed through a broken levee, thousands of people in a California farming town were forced to evacuate as their homes were flooded and businesses destroyed. California storms flood strawberry farms, others in valley 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The family of storms that descended on the state this week only underscored this danger, shattering snow records and overtopping levees across the state. How rising temperatures are intensifying California’s atmospheric rivers 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Army Corps’ National Levee Database found that 48 California levee systems are categorized as moderate to very high risk, 743 miles out of 5,400 total levee miles in the state. Who deserves a levee? The fight to save California communities from flooding 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Gonzales said those repairs are still visible as a bulge in the levee. 'We need to stop the water’: A California town's frantic fight to save itself 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z The overall plan includes nine miles of berms, levees and flood walls, at least one as high as 16 feet, in front of a proposed riverfront casino. As Norfolk weighs storm protection plan, Black residents want more say 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z He said he was fortunate his fields weren’t flooded by the levee rupture, but still expects his crop to be delayed several weeks due to the rainy, cold weather. California storms flood strawberry farms, others in valley 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z So Tuesday night, she and her friend Sara Perez, 36, joined a group of volunteers to feed those affected by the flood that occurred when the Pajaro River breached a levee late Friday. Volunteers step up in flooded Pajaro, where many lack food, clothing — and work 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Pajaro’s problems started 50 years ago with a bad levee design. Who deserves a levee? The fight to save California communities from flooding 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z In anticipation of the "atmospheric river" — an airborne current of dense, tropical moisture from the Pacific streaming over the landscape — emergency crews filled sandbags and patrolled levees and riverbanks around the clock. Soggy California drenched anew as Nor'easter buries New England, New York 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z On the river’s north side, the wealthier neighborhoods downtown would benefit from miles of flood walls, berms and levees under the plan designed by the Army Corps of Engineers. As Norfolk weighs storm protection plan, Black residents want more say 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Runoff from a powerful atmospheric river last week had burst a levee on the Pajaro River, triggering evacuations as water flooded farmland and agricultural communities. Flooding, landslides as atmospheric river departs California 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Runoff from a powerful atmospheric river last week had burst a levee on the Pajaro River, triggering evacuation orders for about 8,500 people as water flooded farmland and agricultural communities. Flooding, landslides as atmospheric river departs California 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The levee could be moved far from the river’s edge. Who deserves a levee? The fight to save California communities from flooding 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z A previous spate of nine atmospheric rivers lashed California in rapid succession from late December through mid-January, triggering widespread flooding, levee failures, mudslides and punishing surf. Soggy California drenched anew as Nor'easter buries New England, New York 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The 11th atmospheric river storm of the season left a trail of soggy misery in California as it broke decades-old rainfall records and breached levees this week. Evacuations near central California dam as storm swells rivers, smashes rainfall records 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Along California's coast and lower inland areas, the heavy rain and melting alpine snow triggered renewed flooding from rain-swollen rivers and streams, compromising levees. Nor'easter buries parts of New England while more floods threaten California 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Workers laboured to repair a recently breached levee in Monterey County, where 21,000 people were under evacuation order. Storms cause power outages in California and north-east 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z In coastal Monterey County, more than 1,500 people were ordered to evacuate over the weekend in Pajaro, a small agricultural community, after a river levee was breached by flooding. Yet Another Powerful Atmospheric River Slams the State 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Another such storm drenched much of the state on Thursday night and Friday, causing levee failures along the Pajaro River in Monterey County and flooding entire communities made up predominantly of migrant farm workers. Soggy California drenched anew as Nor'easter buries New England, New York 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z A levee breach on the Pajaro River late Friday sent stormwaters rushing into the migrant town of about 3,000 people, prompting widespread evacuations and cutting off potable water to the area. Evacuations near central California dam as storm swells rivers, smashes rainfall records 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Last week another storm drenched the state and caused levee failures along the Pajaro River in Monterey County, flooding entire communities made up predominantly of migrant farm workers. Nor'easter buries parts of New England while more floods threaten California 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z PAJARO, Calif. — It began as a trickle, seeping through a 74-year-old earthen levee in Northern California, dribs and drabs of the Pajaro River, swollen with rain yet again on Friday night. California Levee Failures Mount as Storms Continue Relentless Drive 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Only days ago, a levee breach along the river triggered massive flooding in the town of Pajaro, prompting dozens of water rescues and evacuation orders covering hundreds of residents. As Pajaro River levees erode, officials consider severing Highway 1 to relieve pressure 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The latest evidence of this came this past weekend as the Pajaro River levee failed and flooded a small town populated mainly by migrant workers and their families. Opinion: What happened in Parajo isn't just a 'natural' disaster 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z At risk from floodwaters are major utility lines, which run through the levee under Highway 1, and a wastewater treatment facility downstream. Residents struggle in flooded California town: 'We just need a little support' 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The storms triggered widespread flooding, levee failures, mudslides and punishing surf. Nor'easter buries parts of New England while more floods threaten California 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Then pools bubbled up on beyond the levee walls, spreading toward darkened fields of strawberries and lettuce. California Levee Failures Mount as Storms Continue Relentless Drive 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Major utilities including a sewage and water irrigation pipe run through the levee and are threatened by the erosion. As Pajaro River levees erode, officials consider severing Highway 1 to relieve pressure 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z In an eerie coincidence, the levee failure occurred on March 12, 95 years to the day the Saint Francis Dam catastrophically failed because of a defective foundation and other design flaws. Opinion: What happened in Parajo isn't just a 'natural' disaster 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Because of that, “it’s eating through the levee right there. It’s eroding the levee from the flood plain side rather than the river side.” Residents struggle in flooded California town: 'We just need a little support' 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The Pajaro River, which suffered a levee breach from a similar storm last week, continued to spill water onto neighboring farmlands and communities. Another atmospheric river storm slams California, state's 11th this season 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z More than 1,500 dams and some 14,000 miles of levees help control California’s waterways, according to federal statistics. California Levee Failures Mount as Storms Continue Relentless Drive 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The Pajaro River levee failure points to hazards that California has yet to address in many areas where communities are vulnerable, experts say. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Just as with the Saint Francis Dam, the failure of the Pajaro levee was not totally a “natural” disaster. Opinion: What happened in Parajo isn't just a 'natural' disaster 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Strudley said that major utilities — including a sewage and water irrigation pipe — run through the levee. Residents struggle in flooded California town: 'We just need a little support' 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z More dangerous flooding was expected on the central coast, where a levee was breached as the Pajaro River swelled with runoff from an atmospheric river last week. New atmospheric river pushes into swamped California 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Along the Cosumnes River near Sacramento, where more than a dozen levee breaches flooded roads and inundated homes during storms around New Year’s Day, communities are still recovering. California Levee Failures Mount as Storms Continue Relentless Drive 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The review theorized that South Florida’s extensive network of canals and levees “may facilitate long-distance movement by pythons,” though it suggested that slithering and swimming to points north may take awhile. Pythons, Invasive and Hungry, Are Making Their Way North in Florida 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z For decades, government officials have known that the levee was vulnerable yet never prioritized repairs largely because their cost-benefit analysis didn’t value the losses of a low-income town. Opinion: What happened in Parajo isn't just a 'natural' disaster 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z So as the water eats away at the levee, the integrity of these utilities is threatened. Residents struggle in flooded California town: 'We just need a little support' 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Built in the late 1940s to provide flood protection, the levee has been a known risk for decades and had several breaches in the 1990s. New atmospheric river pushes into swamped California 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Flood problems: A levee break on the Pajaro River in the Central Coast has quadrupled in size, complicating repair efforts and spilling floodwaters into farmland and agricultural communities, The Associated Press reports. Behind the Story: Silicon Valley’s Furniture Hustlers 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Crews rushed to repair a levee break on a storm-swollen river in California’s central coast as yet another atmospheric river arrived this week with the potential to wallop the state’s swamped farmland and agricultural communities. Multiday winter storm bringing heavy, wet snow to Northeast 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The task now is not just to hold officials accountable for the poor decisions in planning that allowed for the levee breach but to ensure that relief and recovery is delivered equitably. Opinion: What happened in Parajo isn't just a 'natural' disaster 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z For decades, the levee was ignored by the federal government — never rising to the status of a fix-worthy project — despite repeated pleas, breaches, floods and even two deaths. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The news comes only days after a levee breach on the nearby Pajaro River triggered massive flooding and prompted dozens of water rescues. 'Probable inundation': Salinas River communities brace for flooding, crop losses 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Closer to the coast, a levee failure in Pajaro, near Monterey Bay on the central coast, caused the Pajaro River to inundate virtually the entire community. Another powerful storm is set to intensify flood threat in California 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The small farm community of Pajaro remains flooded after a levee broke early Saturday along the Pajaro River, between Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. California Braces for Another ‘Significant’ Atmospheric River 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Built in the late 1940s to provide flood protection, the levee has been a known risk for decades with several breaches in the 1990s. Flood problems grow as new storm heads toward California 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z And as the communities and local government agencies begged for help and funding, the levee aged, eroded and, in some places, sank. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Groot, of the Monterey County Farm Bureau, said the conditions highlight the need for more comprehensive management of levees and other channels that have seen flooding from the storms. 'Probable inundation': Salinas River communities brace for flooding, crop losses 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Friday night, heavy rain breached a levee on the Pajaro River, flooding an entire town and trapping scores of residents — many of them migrant farmworkers. Another atmospheric river storm to hit soaked California, raising fears of more floods 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Flood damage: Residents and officials in the San Joaquin Valley and towns on the Central Coast are beginning to assess the damage and the destruction after the Pajaro River levee was breached by flooding. What to Know About Plans to Build Housing in People’s Park in Berkeley 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Farshid Vahedifard, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Mississippi State University, said communities living near levees are often underserved or economically disadvantaged. Before disastrous flood, officials knew Pajaro River levee could fail but took no action 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Experts say similar weaknesses plague levee systems across California and the nation. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Jeremey Arrich, flood management division manager at the California Department of Water Resources, said Monday that the agency has deployed crews to assist with repairing the levee breach at Pajaro, including laying rocks and boulders. 'Probable inundation': Salinas River communities brace for flooding, crop losses 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z For years, experts had been warning Monterey and Santa Cruz County that the levee along the Pajaro River could fail. Another atmospheric river storm to hit soaked California, raising fears of more floods 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z A levee failure on the Pajaro River - three miles upstream from the town of Pajaro - triggered massive flooding in and around the town and prompted hundreds of evacuations. Battered by destructive flooding, California braces for another atmospheric river storm 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z “It was pretty much recognized by the early ‘60s that the levees were probably not adequate for the water that that system gets,” Edwin Townsley, U.S. Before disastrous flood, officials knew Pajaro River levee could fail but took no action 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z And that was before the megadrought, which dried out soils within the levees and underneath them — causing the structures to weaken and lose strength, Vahedifard said. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z A second levee breach along the Pajaro River has alleviated some pressure, said Monterey County water resources engineer Shaunna Murray, but there is no clear timeline for when it will be fixed. 'Probable inundation': Salinas River communities brace for flooding, crop losses 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Officials had been working along the levee in the hopes of shoring it up when it was breached around midnight Friday into Saturday. As atmospheric river exits, another awaits to hit California 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z The levee breached late Friday night, said Nicholas Pasculli, a Monterey County spokesperson. Battered by destructive flooding, California braces for another atmospheric river storm 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z The levee was built in 1949 and, according to a 2021 Army Corps webpage summary of the system, “no longer provides the designed level of protection.” Before disastrous flood, officials knew Pajaro River levee could fail but took no action 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z He said what happened to the levee in Pajaro could have been prevented had resources been provided to the community to rebuild the levee — something it had been requesting since the 1960s. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The California National Guard helped with at least 56 rescues in the early hours of Saturday morning after a levee breach inundated the small community of Pajaro in Monterey County. Flooding inundates Central California communities, blocking routes out 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z A levee failure on the Pajaro River in Monterey County triggered massive flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations and dozens of water rescues. Scenes of devastation along the Pajaro River: 'The water is still coming in. It's rising' 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Crews began working to fix the levee around daybreak Saturday as residents slept in evacuation centers. Storm breaches California river’s levee, hundreds evacuate 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z There was an air of calm in the town, and even some curiosity, with residents appearing at the edges of levees to take a peek at the roiling floodwaters. Californians Grow Weary as Storms Force Another Round of Evacuations 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “The storms that came that blew out the levee ... are a five- to seven-year-interval storm,” he said. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z There was a separate levee break nearly 150 miles away from Pajaro in the community of Cutler in central California’s Tulare County. Flooding inundates Central California communities, blocking routes out 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z An evacuation warning is in effect for areas north of the levee, as well as the area around the Oceano Lagoon. California storm: Evacuations, flood warnings and watches 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The town was almost entirely flooded after a levee broke in January. Dangerous storm moves in as many parts of California brace for flooding 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The waterways include the Cosumnes River near Sacramento, where more than a dozen levee breaches in sent floodwaters onto roadways and low-lying areas, trapping drivers and contributing to at least three deaths along Highway 99. California lowering dam water levels, warns of flood threat as storm hits 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The levee failure on the Pajaro River points to larger hazards that California has yet to address in many areas where communities are vulnerable, said Deirdre Des Jardins, an independent water researcher and advocate. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “We were hoping to avoid and prevent this situation, but the worst case scenario has arrived with the Pajaro River overtopping and levee breaching at about midnight.” Flooding inundates Central California communities, blocking routes out 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z A series of nine atmospheric river storms hammered the state in early January, causing levee breaches, widespread flooding and nearly two dozen deaths. California braces for flooding, snowmelt from a warm new atmospheric river 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The waterways include the Cosumnes River near Sacramento, where more than a dozen levee breaches sent floodwaters onto roadways and low-lying areas, trapping drivers and contributing to at least three deaths along Highway 99. Dangerous storm moves in as many parts of California brace for flooding 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “I am fearing levee failures and flooded homes,” said John Ennis, a civil engineer who owns a consulting firm in Fresno. California lowering dam water levels, warns of flood threat as storm hits 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z In addition to rural communities like Pajaro, she said that Stockton and neighboring cities face major flood risks due to their reliance on inadequate levees with known seepage problems. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z A series of nine atmospheric river storms hammered California in early January, breaching levees and contributing to nearly two dozen deaths. Yet more rain is expected to hit California in March. But warmer storms could melt snow 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z During one storm in early January, a creek just outside of town busted through old farm levees and sent muddy water gushing into the streets. In a California Town, Farmworkers Start From Scratch After Surprise Flood 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z The residents of Pointe-aux-Chenes had hoped they would avoid this fate after the completion of the Army Corps's levee system. As Louisiana’s coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Ennis, the Fresno resident, works with developers and farmers and said he’s concerned about potentially dangerous circumstances, including sudden levee breaks that could put people at risk. California lowering dam water levels, warns of flood threat as storm hits 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z And many farms in and around the Delta sit below sea level, requiring levees to keep water out, Mount said. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Its permit finally came through on Jan. 11, more than a week after the swollen Cosumnes had crashed through nearby levees and killed at least two people. Parched California Misses a Chance to Store More Rain Underground 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The “damage reduction” scenario envisions decreasing flood damage to homes as the government builds flood protection systems such as levees and pays residents to move away from flood zones. Ignoring Climate Risks Has Inflated Property Values in Flood Zones 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The marshland outside the levees might disappear, but the town itself would be safe for decades to come. As Louisiana’s coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Some accused the Merced Irrigation District of negligence in failing to maintain the levee and keep brush out of Miles Creek, which burst its clogged banks on the night of Jan. 9. Can Planada recover from January storms? 'You have a community that is angry' 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z In January, when levees failed along the Cosumnes and Mokelumne rivers and caused deadly flooding, Mount said those failures point to larger hazards. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “There is a place,” she said, gesturing toward an area on the riverside of a nearby levee, where she said a pregnant woman was living. This Is What It Looks Like to Try to Count America’s Homeless Population 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z U.N. peacekeepers have built 55 miles of levees to prevent hundreds of thousands of refugees from being swamped again. The World’s Newest Country Is Broken and Forgotten. Enter Pope Francis. 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z After Katrina, floodwater remained for almost five weeks, destroying everything below its surface — the inundation being the result of years of environmental mismanagement that saw levees fail on an epic scale. In a New Orleans ward ravaged by climate change, leaders nurture the next generation Miles Creek, which runs southeast of the town, burst its banks and busted through the levees designed to contain it. Can Planada recover from January storms? 'You have a community that is angry' 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z “There are two kinds of levees: Those that have failed, and those that will fail,” he said. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z A few minutes later, Mr. Lukes had climbed down the levee and found a campsite abandoned. This Is What It Looks Like to Try to Count America’s Homeless Population 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Even as Stockton's infrastructure decays, the city's flood risk is only increasing thanks to climate change, which will cause more severe rains in the San Joaquin Valley and further stress the city's levees. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z “That was the immediate thing, you know? We got to rebuild the levees. We got to rebuild the flood walls.” In a New Orleans ward ravaged by climate change, leaders nurture the next generation Since then, California has become more populous and has more assets at risk — homes, businesses, vehicles, infrastructure, roads, bridges and levee systems. How much did deadly storms cost California? $1 billion and counting 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Around New Year’s Day, rain from a strong atmospheric river breached levees and inundated towns and highways, particularly in the Sacramento and Central Valleys. How Do California’s Storms Weigh In Compared With History’s Big Ones? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z “The levees are going to fail at some point, will be overtopped when there’s intense storms. So we need to make more room.” California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The levees were owned and maintained by local districts, rather than any centralized governing body, so wealthier areas ended up with stronger defenses. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Nine atmospheric rivers since late December have caused power outages, flooding, levee breaks, washouts and landslides. California weather calms after weeks of storms 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Other cities and counties are starting to rethink their flood-protection options — a traditional levee or seawall, after all, would do nothing to stop the groundwater as it moves with the rising sea. New Bay Area maps show hidden flood risk from sea level rise and groundwater 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Arrich noted that in the last two weeks, the state’s Flood Operations Center has delivered almost 1 million sandbags and deployed staff to 50 incidents to help with broken levees, erosion and sinkholes. Devastating storms might be over, but officials caution California to stay vigilant 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Other issues that need to be addressed include aging levees, a backlog of deferred maintenance work on flood-control infrastructure and the expansion of development in flood-prone areas. California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Local authorities couldn't raise as much money to bolster levees as their counterparts around Sacramento, and money from the state and the federal government never filled the gap. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Emergency workers also scrambled to pump out floodwater before conditions worsened again, clearing storm drains and repairing levees across the valley. With Another Storm Arriving, Five Areas of California to Watch 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z In Merced County, levee breaks on Bear Creek led to several feet of water in homes and schools, creating a need for another long-term recovery effort, he said. California bracing for one final round of storms as officials assess damage 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z “Maintaining agencies will need to inspect and patrol their levees to look for any damage that may have occurred … and then evaluate any long-term repairs that may be necessary,” he said. Devastating storms might be over, but officials caution California to stay vigilant 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z With climate projections showing how much larger flows could come raging down the San Joaquin River, the existing levees are undersized, Elias said. California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The river's levee system was designed for a long snowmelt, not an all-at-once deluge, she added, which means that bigger atmospheric river storms are all but certain to overwhelm it. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z “We’re beginning to see that high-water effect,” Ms. Carroll said, explaining that private farm levees and berms along the Salinas River had been breached by the flooding. The Monterey Peninsula braces for possible flooding. 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Ground crews in the hundreds spread out to physically measure flows and monitor levees. In a Drought, California is Watching Water Wash Out to Sea 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z A powerfully wet winter in Sacramento typically includes the manual opening of the Sacramento weir, a lowered section of levees that allow floodwaters to escape into the bypass. How California's slew of storms stack up to previous drought-busters 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z “We need to really work hard to make some improvements, to take a look at those levees, rework them to be able to handle the increases in flows,” he said. California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z During the last housing boom, developers built subdivision after subdivision along the San Joaquin River to house new arrivals, relying on the decades-old levees to protect them. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The storms have claimed at least 19 lives as they topple trees, overtop levees and send people scrambling for higher ground. California suddenly has so much snow. A 'great elixir for drought' but unlikely the cure 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Thousands of miles of levees protect low-lying areas and channel waters away from humans and property. Opinion | Flooding in California has been worse before — and likely will be again 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z During the 19th century, when officials grappled with flood risk, the city built a levee and put trees on top in a failed attempt to boost its stability, City Historian Marcia Eymann said. Sacramento’s iconic tree canopy turns destructive in storms 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z To address such risks, the plan lays out priority projects from upgrading levees to expanding a bypass called Paradise Cut, which is intended to relieve pressure on the levees. California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z "Because of redlining and historical discrimination, we have a lot of people of color, and people are at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, right behind these levees," said Barrigan-Parrilla. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The deadly weather is foiling evacuation plans and straining the state’s aging infrastructure as strong winds topple power lines and fast rising waters overtop levees. Crushed by falling trees. Drowned in floodwaters. The deadly toll of California storms worsens 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Other evacuations were ordered because of levee breaches in parts of Monterey County. Storm struck California scrambles to clean up ahead of rain 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Streets have flooded, levees have failed, mudslides have closed highways and wind gusts have knocked out electricity for days. As Storms Hammer California, Homeless Campers Try to Survive Outside 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z At the same time, the state heavily altered its rivers — constructing dams, building levees on their banks, straightening out their twists and curves. California’s paradox: Confronting too little water, and too much 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z In 2010 the Army Corps of Engineers finally decreed that many of Stockton's levees were inadequate and that much of the city was vulnerable to massive flooding. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Around 9 p.m., they said a levee failure was imminent and told residents to seek higher ground. Crushed by falling trees. Drowned in floodwaters. The deadly toll of California storms worsens 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Officials with the joint state-federal Flood Operation Center are focused on the Cosumnes River in Sacramento County, which has already experienced deadly levee breaches, among other areas. These are the California rivers that face flooding from storm 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z The woman who died had been staying in a tent just off where a levee system meets the American River. California storm kills 2, cuts power; next atmospheric rivers may be worse 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z In the late 1950s, the Army Corps of Engineers “channelized” the San Lorenzo River to make it run deeper and faster, and built levees upstream to manage flows. California’s paradox: Confronting too little water, and too much 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The agency's argument was that repairing levees in those areas would encourage new development, thus increasing the risk. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z She also noted that all of the levees that breached along the Cosumnes River are on private land and are maintained by a small reclamation district. Crushed by falling trees. Drowned in floodwaters. The deadly toll of California storms worsens 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z At least three people were found dead in or near their submerged cars after waters broke through levees last week. These are the California rivers that face flooding from storm 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Members of the large unhoused community that camps along the levee system moved the tree off her tent before firefighters arrived, Wade said. California storm kills 2, cuts power; next atmospheric rivers may be worse 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z That protects the levees and prevents flooding in the residential and business neighborhoods that fill the flat lands of Sacramento. On this flooded island of homeless people, climate change has never been more real 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Another problem is that levees alone aren't sufficient as a flood management strategy. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z “Further, no amount of levee work can control flooding on Hwy 99. Highway 99 is low and subject to flooding.” Crushed by falling trees. Drowned in floodwaters. The deadly toll of California storms worsens 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z These swift rivers put a lot of stress on these levees, which would often fail and cause catastrophic flooding — prompting the construction of a complex and fast flood control system throughout the region. EXPLAINER: Storms put California levees to the test 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Thousands of miles of California levees are feeling the strain of age, extreme drought and punishing atmospheric rivers. Two more rainstorms set to pound battered California in coming days 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Storms over the last week have killed at least six people, including three whose bodies were found in or near submerged cars after a levee broke near Sacramento. Storm leaves California coastal towns badly damaged -- with more danger on the way 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Many local officials believe that, instead of just building more levees, the state should give flood waters another place to go by creating natural floodplains out of conserved land. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The sudden swing from scarcity to excess with back-to-back storms is testing the state’s infrastructure broadly, straining the power grid, levees, drainage systems and roads from the Pacific Coast to the Sierra Nevada. Hell and High Water: California’s Wild Weather Uproots Trees, Strains State 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The worst flooding in recent memory came in the winter of 1996-1997, when a massive storm busted levees, killed eight people and caused billions in damages. EXPLAINER: Storms put California levees to the test 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z But she expressed confidence that state and federal flood management infrastructure — California’s vast system of levees and reservoirs — would hold up. At least 2 dead as fierce rains and winds again batter California 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The private fence is effectively redundant because of a federally constructed border barrier, which also rose up during the Trump administration and runs along the levee nearby. They Built the Wall. Now Some in Texas Fear It May Fall Down. 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z "You can build a levee stronger and better, but it's still vulnerable to breaking," said John Cain, director of conservation at River Partners, a nonprofit that advocates for such floodplain restoration projects. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Falling trees not only threaten buildings and power lines, he said, but also can damage levees by toppling near waterways where branches and debris can be propelled downstream. Hell and High Water: California’s Wild Weather Uproots Trees, Strains State 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z California has more than 20,000 miles of levees and channels and more than 1,500 dams and reservoirs, according to a 2017 report from the Legislative Analyst’s Office. EXPLAINER: Storms put California levees to the test 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z For days, atmospheric rivers — plumes of tropical moisture that bring heavy rain and snow — have battered Northern and Central California, filling rivers, breaching levees and saturating the soil. At least 2 dead as fierce rains and winds again batter California 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z A few levees south of Sacramento were damaged. Evacuations ordered as California storm knocks out power 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z If a major rain event caused enough runoff to surge down the mountains and northward along the San Joaquin, it could burst through those levees, inundating the city and flooding tens of thousands of homes. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z A few levees south of Sacramento were damaged, and at least four people died in flooding. Huge storm hits California with damaging winds, heavy rains 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Other levees are part of a state system and are built to higher standards to protect some of the Central Valley’s most populated areas. EXPLAINER: Storms put California levees to the test 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z For decades, federal and state planners built dams and levees in California to store water and keep it at bay. Floods Show California’s Climate Dilemma: Fight the Water, or Pull Back? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z He had erected it next to a levee along the American River near downtown, an area that is home to many encampments. California city leaders hurry to bring homeless residents into shelter before major storm 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Northern California, which saw a deadly levee breach over the weekend, is expected to be hardest-hit. California declares emergency as massive storm slams into coast 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Roads and levees in California were washed out early in the week. Wild weather driven by roiling Pacific, nature and warming 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z But a large number of levees are owned and operated by private landowners. EXPLAINER: Storms put California levees to the test 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z In California, dams, levees and other “gray infrastructure” — so-called for its reliance on concrete and man-made structures — helped fuel the state’s prosperity. Floods Show California’s Climate Dilemma: Fight the Water, or Pull Back? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z At least one person was killed when waters from the Cosumnes River in Sacramento County rushed over levees. 'Atmospheric river' set to hit already battered Northern California, prompting flood and mudslide warnings 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The greatest potential for disaster is in Northern California, which has already been battered by several destructive storms — including one this weekend that caused a deadly levee breach. String of brutal atmospheric rivers imperils a California already weakened by drought 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The weekend’s atmospheric river event unloaded torrential rain in Northern California and Central California, closing major highways and breaching levees. A truly ‘brutal system’: Atmospheric river to slam California 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z “There are literally over 100 entities that are relevant in the context of flood and reservoir and dam and levee management and maintenance in California.” EXPLAINER: Storms put California levees to the test 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z And as development increases, so does the potential for destruction if those levees fail. Floods Show California’s Climate Dilemma: Fight the Water, or Pull Back? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z But they also cause a large share of the state’s levee breaches and debris flows. How Climate Change Is Shaping California’s Winter Storms 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z At least one person was killed when waters from the Cosumnes River rushed over levees. String of brutal atmospheric rivers imperils a California already weakened by drought 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Earlier rains already raised water levels on the Cosumnes River near Sacramento to record heights, breaching three levees and inundating nearby areas. Massive 'atmospheric river' to bring heavy rains, winds, flooding across California, 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z That’s where a levee failure led to flooding on New Year’s Eve. EXPLAINER: Storms put California levees to the test 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Relying heavily on levees carries another type of cost, according to Joshua Viers, a watershed scientist at the University of California, Merced. Floods Show California’s Climate Dilemma: Fight the Water, or Pull Back? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z This follows a massive storm that slammed Northern California over the the weekend, killing at least one person, flooding parts of San Francisco and causing a levee to break and close a major highway. 'Brutal,' life-threatening rainstorm hitting California: Timing and what to know 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Record high water levels on the Cosumnes River near Sacramento breached three levees and inundated the area. Another major storm expected to hit waterlogged Northern California and the Southland, raising fears 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Agricultural workers in Sacramento County ushered in the New Year by patching up a weakened levee system. California Scrambles to Recover From Storm Before the Next One Hits 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z The federal government has spent billions of dollars to build various flood control projects in California, including levees, but largely is not responsible for maintenance. EXPLAINER: Storms put California levees to the test 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z |
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