levee

In the wild, their burrowing behavior can breach levees and weaken structural foundations, per the state fish and wildlife department.

In Obion County, Tennessee, heavy rains there caused a levee to break, "resulting in rapid onset flooding", a local NWS account said on X.

Traditionally, governments have turned to hard infrastructure like seawalls and levees to guard against floods.

Focusing instead on strengthening levees in the Delta and restoring tidal marshlands, he said, would ensure that water is “delivered to the doorstep of your existing pumps reliably.”

A Jan. 22 storm filled a north levee near the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant with more than 1,100 tons of debris.