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The Concertainer, [1] known colloquially as the Hesco barrier [2] or Hesco bastion, [3] with HESCO being the brand name of the manufacturer, is a modern gabion primarily used for flood control and military fortifications. [4]
The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is a 3,000-foot (910 m) long tidal flood barrier spanning the Providence River in Providence, Rhode Island, located 750 feet (230 m) upstream from Fox Point. It was constructed between 1960 and 1966 to protect the low-lying downtown area of the city from damaging storm surge and floods associated with hurricanes ...
A flood barrier, surge barrier or storm surge barrier is a specific type of floodgate, designed to prevent a storm surge or spring tide from flooding the protected area behind the barrier. A surge barrier is almost always part of a larger flood protection system consisting of floodwalls , levees (also known as dikes), and other constructions ...
Cracked walls: Cracks may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal or stair-stepped. Severe pressure or structural damage is evident by widening cracks. Buckling walls: Usually caused by hydrostatic pressure. Walls appear to be bowed inward. Peeling paint: Water seeping through walls may lead to bubbling or peeling paint along basement walls. [4]
Asphalt and sandbag revetment with a geotextile filter. A revetment in stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering is a facing of impact-resistant material (such as stone, concrete, sandbags, or wooden piles) applied to a bank or wall in order to absorb the energy of incoming water and protect it from erosion.
Southeast Texas has been hit with heavy rains and rising rivers, leading to school closings, high-water rescues and mandatory evacuation orders in some areas. Here's a look at the situation ...
A fallen tree blocks an intersection on September 11, 2024 in Houma, Louisiana. Hurricane Francine has been upgraded to a Category 2 hurricane and continues to make landfall along the Louisiana coast.
Construction of the barrier's flood wall began on 9 May 2009. On 21 October 2009 the last of the 1,271 main piles was driven. [3] On 29 August 2012 (the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina), the barrier was used for the first time, to protect the city from Hurricane Isaac. [4] By June 2013, all major construction had been completed. [1]