The Army Corps of Engineers has moved $800 million from its budget for pump station and floodwall projects into one for protecting the Industrial Canal from storm surge.
The Panama Canal is the shortcut between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. As the Earth's climate changes, the canal will face changes, too. It depends on rain, not seawater, to fill its locks, and changes in rainfall might mean the canal could run out of water.
Martin sheriff's deputies arrested a 20-year-old mother after finding her 3-year-old and 1-year-old children outside the home unsupervised while she was asleep at 8:30 Tueday morning.
CAIRO: Egypt’s Suez Canal Bank said yesterday its shareholders approved the sale of its 29.38% stake in Suez Canal Company for Technology Settling for 494.93mn Egyptian pounds ($90.3mn).
Morris aldermen Tuesday night heard a proposal the city be-come a partner in a $360,000 marketing campaign for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Na-tional Heritage Corridor.
When Cosmopolitan on the Canal opens, the 218-unit building will be a rarity, one of just a handful of major new rental developments in the Mile Square built since 2000.
After months of discussion, the city approved placement of a cap on an intake pipe on the Portage Canal to help prevent the possible spread of aquatic invasive species.In exchange for permitting the cap, which could sacrifice a minimal amount of much-desired water flow in the canal, the state Department of Natural Resources agreed to work with the city on ways to help address stagnant water."The
Gas seeping from the ground in a village hit by a mud volcano in Indonesia's East Java province is triggering safety concerns and calls for an evacuation, residents said on Wednesday.