New Orleans modeled its flood defenses on Dutch expertise. Now, through a global network of barrier engineers, the Dutch are ...

NEW ORLEANS -- The beleaguered engineers trying to shore up the city's flood protection say they learned a major lesson during a tour of Dutch levees and floodgates: It's unfair to compare projects ...

This story, headlined "Beating back the sea," was originally published Nov. 13, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's ...

A new book from a Calvin College professor of engineering was planned long before Hurricane Katrina. But its author admits the topic became a lot more timely after the destruction last year in New ...

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts in the field of water and river management with the international community would immensely benefit the ...