Tempers flared this week over flood damage in Clarksville, but what can be done to stop it? Maybe a giant wall of sandbags?

AS THE CITY PUTS MORE PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE. SANDBAGS NOW LINE THE FLOOD WALL. MANY FEAR WOULD BREACH. WE’VE DONE A FULL INSPECTION THIS MORNING OF THE LEVEE AND THE WALL, AND EVERYTHING IS INTACT.

Plans to raise ground levels next to a flood defence wall in response to anti-social behaviour fears have been given the green light. Westmorland and Furness Council has approved an application ...

“I know it was a very devastating flood,” Council President Gregory Fenner said on Tuesday, April 29. “It was pouring in under the foundation.” Council members recently approved using ...

After a judge denied a motion to halt construction on Stephen Bower’s property, the case enters a new phase with an ...

PLANS to raise ground levels next to a flood defence wall in response to anti-social behaviour fears have been given the green light. Westmorland and Furness Council has approved an application ...

“With the PDP approved, the project’s focus remains on securing the land access required to deliver flood mitigation for Wairoa.” Further cultural assessment activity was also ...

Seven flood-wall closures have been put into place, including Bingham Way, Port Road, Second, Tenth and 27th streets. Gates can be closed by MSD in spots where creeks and storm drains flow through the ...

Three applications to install upstream flood defences in the Rossendale Valley have been approved. The Manchester-based Community Forest Trust submitted the proposals at three sites aimed at ...

IT’S A BIG JOB, AND WE FOUND OUT WHY. THERE ARE 26 MILES OF FLOOD WALL AND EARTHEN LEVEE. MSD ACTIVATED ALL 16 PUMP STATIONS DURING THE EVENT. THEY PUMPED 12.1 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER ...