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Francine is spreading dangerous conditions across the South Thursday after it slammed into Louisiana with extreme rainfall, life-threatening flooding and destructive winds that knocked out power ...
Francine slammed into Louisiana's coast as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday leaving hundreds of thousands without power and widespread flooding.
An expat living in a town in Malaga has described homes and businesses being “decimated” after the river running through its centre burst its banks after the downpour caused water levels to rise.
The pump station complex, which is the largest of its type in the world, consists of 11 each 5,444 horsepower Caterpillar engines. To minimize environmental impacts to the Bayou aux Carpes 404(c) area, the floodwall was constructed on the eastern edge of the wetlands, within 100 feet (30 m) from the western bank of the GIWW for a 4,216 feet ...
The breach flooded many homes in the town, forcing the evacuation of an entire neighborhood. As a result, 150 homes in the town were damaged, with half of them severely. The storm surge affected numerous low-lying cities in southeastern Louisiana by flooding roadways, including the only road to Grand Isle, stranding residents and visitors.
The Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project (Southeast Louisiana Project, or SELA) is a flood control project by the US Army Corps of Engineers to protect the New Orleans district from flooding due to potential storms, hurricanes, or water surges. It was established in 1996.
Firefighters are continuing to pump water and clean facades hit by landslides in the north Valencian province of Castellon, where they have carried out nearly 100 services related to the rains ...
Concordia Parish, Louisiana is in the foreground, on the right, and Wilkinson County, Mississippi, is in the background, across the Mississippi on the left. Old River low-sill control structure discharging water into the Atchafalaya, May 2011. The Old River Control Structure is a floodgate system in a branch of the Mississippi River in central ...