The infamous 1937 flood of the Ohio River in Louisville prompted city officials to design and construct floodwalls and levees ...

“We need to raise the flood walls to prevent overflow, and deepen the culverts. Otherwise, we are just waiting for the next disaster,” he said.

President Lyndon Johnson (circled) surveys the swollen Mississippi River in Lilydale during a visit to St. Paul on April 14, 1965, two days before the floodwaters crested at a record 26.4 feet.

History is written on the flood wall that protects St. Paul’s low-lying West Side from the Mississippi River. Just east of the Robert Street Bridge, a thin black line marks the crest of the ...

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 ...

Burglars tunneled through a concrete wall to gain access to a Los Angeles jewelry store, making off with at least $10 million worth of watches, pendants, gold chains and other merchandise ...