Federal spending for flood protection has increased from about $5 billion in 2019 to $15 billion in 2022. Another $7 billion in additional funding was provided through the Infrastructure ...

A Trump-era rollback of flood-protection rules has left critical infrastructure projects at higher risk, experts say. By Lisa Friedman In the summer of 2017, Donald Trump stood in the lobby of ...

To make Baltimore's tunnels safer from floods, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is asking Congress to help foot the bill. The price for its plan is more than $77 million.

But for Cabot’s Flood Resiliency Task Force, the maps may be vital in preventing the next catastrophe. The models, published Oct. 30 by engineers from SLR Consulting, are the product of a ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — When the majority of Virginia Beach residents agreed to a real estate tax increase for flood protection programs three years ago, it came with a caveat. The city would freeze ...

Jermyn is working to secure the final easements for its long-delayed, multimillion-dollar Rushbrook Creek flood-protection project. With a deadline to finish work by the end of 2026, ...

NYC Plans for Flood Protection Without Federal Funds. The city is exploring alternate ways to support its $46 billion flood resiliency plan, as the Trump effect makes funding even more precarious.

Flood protection systems have been expanded in the decades since, but the readjustment was needed to maintain, improve and upgrade the system.