September 16, 2014
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says officials studying how to reduce flooding risks and hazards along the Blanchard River in northwest Ohio will present a basic plan to Corps leaders in the coming weeks. The regional office handling the …
April 11, 2014
Several Ohio members of Congress say they are not happy that the Army Corps of Engineers may wait until 2016 to issue a final report on a flood control plan for the Blanchard River in northwestern Ohio. Sens. Rob Portman …
March 26, 2014
A scientist who documented the landslide conditions on a Washington hill that buckled last weekend in a massive mudslide warned in a 1999 report filed with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of “the potential for a large catastrophic failure.” …
January 6, 2014
A team of plaintiffs’ attorneys has spent roughly $16 million to sue the Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches that flooded most of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Joseph Bruno, one of those lawyers, estimates that they ultimately will …
December 17, 2013
The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract to build a floodwall on top of the existing Mississippi River levee in Plaquemines Parish, La., from Augusta to Oakville. The project is designed to reduce the risk of riverine flooding …
May 2, 2012
Gaylord Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government accusing the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of negligence that led to massive destruction at its luxury hotel in Nashville and damage to the most …