Most years it’s the number one natural disaster in the US by dollars of damage. So being able to characterize flood risks is a crucial job of civil engineers. Engineering hydrology has equal ...

A local art gallery in Detroit that dates back to 1932 is temporarily forced to close after a busted pipe flooded the inside ...

Miami-Fort Lauderdale ranks third for greatest flood risk among metro areas with at least 500,000 total properties with 17 percent of its properties in a 100-year flood zone, according to POLITICO ...

an area with a 1% chance of flooding in any given year would be referred to as a 100-year floodplain—and anything in the 100-year floodplain is designated "high risk." However, by designating ...

New flood barriers would extend on the west side of the Napa River from near the Oxbow at the River Terrace Inn to north of ...

It took Boston, Massachusetts over 70 years to recover from the devastation 2.3 million gallons of molasses caused over 100 years ago.

All of those sites must be above the 100-year flood elevation, meaning there would be a 1% chance of flooding in any given year. U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., a lead sponsor of the bill ...