The Netherlands built one of the world’s most ambitious flood defences after the devastating North Sea flood of 1953.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A Grand Rapids manufacturer is pitching emergency crews a faster, less labor-intensive alternative to sandbags as Michigan communities face increasingly frequent flooding. Cascade ...

Improvements and expansions are coming to the barrier system that helps protect Juneau from glacial outburst flooding, and they’ll be fully funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USACE will also ...

NEW YORK, United States, May 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zion Market Research has published a new research report titled "Flood Barrier Market By Type (Flip-Up Flood Barriers, Removable Flood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HESCO flood barriers protect property against glacial outburst flooding near the Mendenhall River, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. - Marc ...

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Under blue skies and sunshine, heavy metal flood barriers between about 4 and 6 feet tall were set up across Boston on Friday. Boston’s flood preparedness demonstration, which doubled as a training ...

U.S. Flood Control director of operations Kyle Roussel (center) explains how to properly fill Tiger Dam flood barriers to Dennis Denault (left) and Trent Marlow (right). The operations team at Naples ...

This article has been updated to clarify a statement by View Drive resident Malachi Thorington. Flood-impacted Juneau residents expressed frustration about city leaders pursuing a short-term HESCO ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — During the week of Aug. 11, 2025, the Mendenhall Glacier released its yearly glacier lake outburst flood, also known as a jökulhlaup — pronounced yah-cuh-laup. In preparation for ...