Following Vermont’s record flash flooding last July 10-11 that killed two people and caused about $682 million in infrastructure damage, Benjamin Heath, civil construction manager at Engineers Construction Inc., received an emergency call from Burlington city officials that a 24-in.-dia sanitary sewer pipe had breached.

Torrential rain brought by Storm Daniel and poor maintenance of two aging, clay-core embankment dams near Derna, a coastal city, are key factors, experts say.

Floodwater diverted from Beijing has caused major damage in the Hai River basin, but no official damage cost or detail has yet been released as China’s government said it has allocated $124 million for immediate post-disaster relief and reconstruction.

In late August, a series of storms barreled across Southern California dropping torrents of rain on the high desert. A few inches of rain fell in the course of an hour, collected on barren slopes and rushed down previously parched arroyos.

Flood-devastated eastern Kentucky has started assessing damage to buildings and infrastructure following heavy rains last week.

Updates on projects and companies in the Mountain States region.

Flooding on the Mississippi River and its tributaries throughout Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and nine other states caused an estimated $6.2 billion in damage in 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its annual National Climate Report, released Jan. 15.

Winds and seas rise in the Carolina coast as Hurricane Florence draws near