West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America's aging flood defenses

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Dec 30, 2025, 3:40 pm370 ptsTop
In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous amounts of rain. As rivers surged, they overtopped or breached multiple levees—those long, often unnoticed barriers holding floodwaters back from homes and towns.

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