storm protection News

$32M Project on Louisiana Coast Aimed at Storm Mitigation

Construction has begun on a $32 million project to bring back hundreds of acres of marsh to a part of southwest Louisiana where storms, sinking and other factors have turned thousands of acres to open water, the state’s Coastal Protection …

Judge Gets High-Stakes New Jersey Dune Wars Case

A judge will consider a high-stakes, multimillion-dollar battle over whether a wealthy New Jersey shore enclave can opt out of a protective sand dune plan in an area devastated by Superstorm Sandy. Both sides in the lawsuit brought by oceanfront …

NYC Flood Defense Barrier Remains Years Away

After ocean waters poured into lower Manhattan during Superstorm Sandy, experts began dreaming up a solution: a U-shaped barrier of earthen berms, walls and gates that would keep floods out and the nation’s financial capital dry. Now, more than three …

NYC Could Get $176M in Federal Money for Storm Protection System

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, says New York City could get $176 million in federal money for a proposed storm protection system. The Democrat says funding would be awarded via a national contest created by the Department of Housing …