Federal, state and local officials broke ground July 26 on a levee project along the western shores of Lake Pontchartrain. It's designed to provide hurricane and storm protection to a three-parish area where 60,000 people have little to no defenses in place.

Business is wary of planned corporate tax hikes to fund billions in upgrades.

STORM Act becomes law, authorizing FEMA to grant money to states for resilience revolving loan funds but $200-million appropriation to fund it doesn't start until 2022.

On the shore south of Boston, houses are going up.

The Mississippi River Cities and Towns Inititiative has given environmental opportunity grants to Memphis and New Orleans and lobbied congress for resilience projects.

Contest brings worldwide brain power to resilience in Asia