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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo grilled officials Thursday over perceived transparency issues in the Harris County Flood ...
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace has reintroduced Thursday the VA Flood Preparedness Act, a bill aimed at safeguarding Veterans Affairs ...
Flagstaff’s Schultz Creek Drainage Improvements Project received multiple awards last month from professional associations ...
Tensions at the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East raise concerns about hurricane preparedness amid board ...
The proposed legislation titled, “Bill for an Act to Repeal the National Emergency Management Agency Act, Cap. N34, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and Enact the National Emergency ...
Flood protocols the Corps uses today were established under the 1928 Flood Control Act. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tests opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River nears ...
As a direct result of the flood, U.S. Congress passed the Jones-Reid Flood Control Act of 1928, which federalized flood protection along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, with oversight ...
This prompted Congress to pass the Flood Control Act of 1928, authorizing construction of dams, levees and other flood-fighting measures and placed flood-control management under the U.S. Army ...
Unfortunately, one of the things we cannot control in the United States is the weather. ... However, the public reaction to Coolidge’s lack of empathy led to the 1928 Flood Control Act, ...