Flood Risk America (FRA), a leading U.S. manufacturer of engineered flood protection systems, announced the expansion of its ...

It’s not quite an election, but if most property owners formally object to paying about $6,300 apiece to install military-grade flood barriers in an area of the Mendenhall Valley vulnerable to glacial ...

Installation of HESCO barriers intended to protect hundreds of Mendenhall Valley homes from glacial outburst floods began Monday on Killewich Drive, with the first phase of the semipermanent levee ...

Hospitals in Southwest Florida are ditching sandbags for a high-tech flood protection system designed to keep emergency rooms ...

Historically, flooding is one of the costliest natural disasters in the United States on an annual basis. Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) attempt to address area-wide flood risks retroactively and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Aquarium is getting a new line of defense against future hurricanes and storm surge. City leaders on Tuesday announced a donated Aquafence flood barrier system for the ...

PENTICTON, Canada — Singapore-based flood protection solutions provider FloodX has officially launched in the Philippines, expanding into the country its innovative flood prevention technologies and ...