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

By Farshid Vahedifard, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University

Levees protect more than 7 million buildings in the US today, yet they got a D-plus grade in 2025. A new study found 487 cases where rising water overtopped levees in the past 15 years.

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