The dike and levee system has protected the town center and areas west from flooding for nearly a century, but concerns have escalated regarding the system’s stability and effectiveness.

Ames Diking levee wiped out during March floods. Skip to content. NOWCAST Tracking severe weather. ... Dike district won't take down temporary levee, wants original one repaired first.

If this dike fails, Stanwood goes underwater. The levee is over a hundred years old. And it shows. But efforts have lagged to fix it before it’s too late.

Flooding has tormented thousands of Montanans in spring 2011, but not those people protected by the West Great Falls flood-control levee. Water levels next to the Great Falls dike are the highest ...

Experts hope levee will be repaired by next week. Repairs at Union Dike near completion. Experts hope levee will be repaired by next week ...

South Korean peacekeepers have started building a levee to help prevent flooding in a village in South Sudan's Jonglei state, local officials said Thursday. Panliet village was bypassed when a 17 ...

The Lake Okeechobee dike is a poor match for a hurricane, engineers warn. But local officials say a New Orleans-style disaster is unlikely. Florida Levee Casts Long Shadow - Los Angeles Times ...

According to court documents, the Natural Resource Conservation Service found that it would cost $1.438 million to fix the dike with the possibility of 75% of it being covered by a state grant.

The Herbert Hoover Dike, much of it built in the 1930s after two hurricanes overwhelmed a crude levee and drowned some 3,300 people in lakeside towns, is a massive structure.

Ken Todd, Palm Beach County's water resource manager, said he is waiting for the corps to release its final report on the L-40 levee and a separate report on flooding caused by a break in the dike ...