CLIMATEWIRE | Federal rules allowing developers to use fill dirt to elevate new houses in high-risk flood areas should be changed because the practice can exacerbate damage to nearby homes, according ...

“Fill and build” can protect new homes by raising them above flood levels. But what about people who already live in the neighborhood? PENSACOLA, Fla. — The soul of this Florida Panhandle city lives ...

GONZALES — A key policy making committee of the Ascension Parish Council signaled Monday that it's ready to support limits on the use of dirt to raise homes and other drainage recommendations that ...