Most years it’s the number one natural disaster in the US by dollars of damage. So being able to characterize flood risks is a crucial job of civil engineers. Engineering hydrology has equal ...

A local art gallery in Detroit that dates back to 1932 is temporarily forced to close after a busted pipe flooded the inside ...

an area with a 1% chance of flooding in any given year would be referred to as a 100-year floodplain -- and anything in the 100-year floodplain is designated "high risk." However, by designating ...

1. Scope of Floodplain. The 100-year floodplain exists along one side of the proposed wireless access project. Approximately 5065 square feet in located on the edge of the property line. The ...

New flood barriers would extend on the west side of the Napa River from near the Oxbow at the River Terrace Inn to north of ...

It would remove 39 houses from the 25-year floodplain and 11 from the 100-year floodplain. “The ponds also allowed the system to efficiently convey the 25-year storm when it previously could not ...