Heavy spring rains and snowmelt led to devastating floods along the Mississippi River in May 2011. Landsat 5 flew over the Mississippi River on May 10, 2011, giving a distinct view of the extraordinary extent of the flooding. This...

The Native American territory, which covers parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, now has America's highest per capita level of <br/>
COVID-19 cases.

After a century of building the U.S. levee system, we're facing a tough reality: It wasn't built to protect us from the effects of climate change.

After repeated floods, those who live and work near U.S. levee systems agree something has to change. Getting them to agree on what is tough.

A massive storm followed by record rains last spring punched so many holes in Midwest levees, the initial fixes won't be finished until late 2021.

We've been trying to conquer floods for generations, but nature keeps reminding us no levee or dam is 100% fail-proof.

Levees with unacceptable ratings are far more common than acceptable. And 73 systems with unacceptable ratings are considered high or very high risk.