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Levee
A levee, levée, dike (or dyke), embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines.
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Efforts to control the 'Mighty Mississippi' result in flooded farmland and permanent damage
When the water in the Mississippi River rose to 58 feet with a forecast of 60 feet or higher in May 2011, the emergency plan to naturally or intentionally breach the levees, established over 80 years prior, ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Protecting Houston from the next big hurricane
To protect Houston and Galveston from future hurricanes, a Rice University-led team of experts recommends building a floodgate across the Houston Ship Channel adding new levees to protect densely populated areas on Galveston ...
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Nov 14, 2011 |
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UCLA researchers shake model levee, for peat's sake
The earth rippled and squirmed on this Delta island Monday. It did not yawn open, but did reignite a debate about the seismic safety of levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
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Sep 02, 2011 |
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Record snowfalls causing high waters in Great Plains
Summers on the Great Plains are usually characterized by a lack of water. But flooding in several states has reversed that trend -- and it might not be the last of the high waters for 2011, according to a Kansas State University ...
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Jul 07, 2011 |
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Intelligent construction practices developed for roads also apply to river levees
The same technologies that Iowa State University's David J. White is developing to build better roads and foundations could also be used to build better river levees.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Flooding Miss. River threatens catfish industry
(AP) -- Catfish farming in Mississippi faces grave danger from flooding.
May 13, 2011 |
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Flooding peaks in Memphis; downstream danger lurks
(AP) -- As the Mississippi reaches its high point in Memphis and attention turns to a time-consuming clean up, farmers downriver built homemade levees to protect their crops and engineers diverted water into ...
May 10, 2011 |
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Bulwarks with brains: automatic alarms
Siemens is researching a monitoring technology that detects damage to levees at an early stage. The researchers expect that with the help of sensors it will be possible to monitor the stability of the protective ...
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Army Corps critic sues La. university over firing
(AP) -- Ivor van Heerden, a Louisiana State University scientist and a widely cited expert on levee failures after Hurricane Katrina, sued his college on Wednesday, alleging he was fired for his criticism of the Army Corps ...
Feb 14, 2010 |
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In the eye of the storm: Why some people stayed behind
Hurricane Katrina was the largest natural disaster in U.S. history, claiming the lives of more than 1,800 victims and causing well over $100 billion in damage along the Gulf Coast. The 2005 storm breached every levee in New ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 02, 2009 |
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