12 Dec 2013

Corps of Engineers promotes long-term dam safety by identifying problems, engineering solutions

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va.-- One of the most important missions the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers carries out is reducing the risk of flooding. The Summersville Dam here, the second largest earthen dam east of the Mississippi River, is designed to do just that by holding back water during heavy rain events.

11 Oct 2013

Army Corps closes roads surrounding Indian Rock Dam

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Indian Rock Dam, York, Pa., has closed four roads surrounding Indian Rock Dam as part of normal emergency high water procedures due to current weather conditions.

24 Jun 2013

Flood plain manager flooded with praise

Michelle Hamor, chief of Norfolk District’s flood plain management section, is the 2013 recipient of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Flood Risk Manager of the Year Award. The Corps gives the award yearly to individuals who excel in the field of flood plain management, which plans for and identifies ways at controlling and reducing flood damages experienced by citizens living in flood plains.

19 Jun 2013

Corps and Diversion Authority to host landowner meeting on proposed Fargo-Moorhead diversion project design updates

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Flood Diversion Board of Authority, will host a meeting June 26 to update potentially affected landowners within the project’s northern reaches 1-3 of the Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Plan.

19 Jun 2013

Environmental Assessment public meeting for proposed Fargo-Moorhead diversion project

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Flood Diversion Board of Authority, will host a meeting June 25 to discuss the latest Environmental Assessment for the proposed Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., Metropolitan Flood Risk Management Plan.

14 Jun 2013

Public invited to comment on Fargo-Moorhead flood risk management project draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment

ST. PAUL, MINN. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, posted a copy of its Supplemental Draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, on the Internet today for the proposed Fargo, N.D.-Moorhead, Minn., Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management project.

20 May 2013

Joint Thai-US Expert Workshop “Flood Disaster Risk Reduction”

BANGKOK—ERDC-Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory’s (CHL) Dr. Cary Talbot, associate technical

8 Apr 2013

State, Corps study: One in five Californians faces flood threat

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- One in five Californians lives in a flood plain and nearly everyone in California is at risk from flooding. That's the warning delivered by a new, comprehensive report on flood risk throughout the state, developed by the California Department of Water Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' South Pacific Division.

20 Mar 2013

Corps of Engineers recognizes Flood Safety Awareness Week

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is promoting National Flood Safety Awareness Week, March 18-22, to improve public awareness and preparedness for flooding.

26 Dec 2012

Corps of Engineers to host public meeting on Valley City Sheyenne River flood risk management study

ST. PAUL, MINN. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, along with Valley City, N.D., will hold a public meeting to provide a status update to the public to the Valley City Sheyenne River Flood Risk Management Feasibility study Jan. 10, 2013.