The Environment Agency said the Sheffield Lower Don Valley Flood Protection Project would involve repairs to existing defences, as well as "raising walls and reinforcing existing structures along a stretch of the River don between Nursery Street in Sheffield and Blackburn Brook near the M1".

BBC: South Yorkshire to get ?14m flood defences

Caroline Kay of the preservation trust said "structures such as this are not appropriate for the river basin in Bath".

BBC: Bath's last gasometer 'should be saved'

The sprawling estate on the Cornish side of the River Tamar is a handful, with 55 Grade I and II structures and four ancient monuments, four beaches and a deer park.

BBC: Historic Mount Edgcumbe's uncertain future

McPhee spent months trying to understand the centuries of engineering prowess that have gone into trying to control the Mississippi, especially the creation of structures much in the news today, like Old River Control and the Morganza Floodway, which was opened over the weekend to allow floodwaters to course down through the Atchafalaya basin.

FORBES: Is This The Year The Atchafalaya River 'Captures' The Mississippi?

Another fire broke out Monday and burned three structures along a 5-mile stretch of the San Juan River in far northwestern New Mexico.

MSN: Nuns, Boy Scouts among new wildfire evacuees

The temporary fix is a four-lane span consisting of two 24-foot-wide structures to replace the collapsed portion of the bridge and allow drivers to cross the river at reduced speeds.

WSJ: Crumpled Bridge in Washington State to Get Temporary Fix