RIDGEWOOD — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has charged the village with allowing contaminated dirt to be used to build a 1,100-foot-long berm along Route 17 north from 2019 to ...

This year, the state is launching a program to help homeowners raise their houses and protect them from flood damage. Meanwhile, a Volusia County couple has taken matters into their own hands by ...

Years after the town was flooded, the town of Hornick makes progress in its plan to build a berm. A small town in western Iowa is steadily making progress in building a protective flood barrier after ...

A berm is a mounded area that is raised up from the surrounding soil to create a higher elevation with a gradual slope on all sides to the borders. The size and shape of the berm will depend on its ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Heavy equipment is in motion to build up a sand berm in vulnerable areas of the Santa Barbara waterfront. According to Waterfront director Mike Wiltshire, the project is ...

The city of Cambridge is building a temporary earthen embankment along Water Street to show people what a future flood barrier could look like on the Choptank Riverfront.

Phil and Shelly Krohn are having issues with their berm. One problem can be too much water from an irrigation system set for turf. Marjie Ducey OWH Living writer and columnist Marjie Ducey looks back ...

Collier County commissioners have approved a no-bid contract to expedite the construction of an emergency berm to protect upland property left vulnerable by Hurricane Ian. At their last board meeting ...