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  • February

    Mechanics, electricians, managers, specialists, and park rangers participate in a sandbag demonstration during dam safety training at the Richard B. Russell Dam on Feb. 1, 2023. USACE photo by Mel Orr.

    Savannah District personnel conduct vital dam safety training

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, traveled to the dams at Richard B. Russell and J. Strom Thurmond Lakes to provide mandatory dam safety training Feb. 1-2, 2023.

  • August

    Lucia Wimberly, the dam safety program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, provides an overview of the Corps Dam Safety Program during a tabletop exercise for Clemson Diversion Dams July 27. The exercises help foster dialogue between the Corps and stakeholders and prepares them to respond more effectively and efficiently to a dam-related emergency.

    USACE staff conducts dam safety emergency exercises

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, and Clemson University participated in dam safety tabletop exercises at Hartwell and Clemson Diversion Dams July 27-28. The exercises help foster dialogue between the Corps and stakeholders and prepares them to respond more effectively and efficiently to an emergency with the dam.

  • May

    J. STROM THURMOND PROJECT - Maj. Alex Duffy, Savannah District deputy commander, leads a hurricane preparedness tabletop exercise at J. Strom Thurmond Dam, Georgia May 5. These types of exercises help staff sections within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan around natural and man-made disasters. Corps staff reacted to a scenario based on Hurricane Michael, which struck the Florida panhandle, southeast Alabama, and southwest Georgia in 2018.

    Army staff prepare for speculative storm strike in southwest Georgia

    J. STROM THURMOND DAM, Ga. – As a notional category four hurricane bears down on southwest Georgia, residents, government agencies, and Army engineers prepare for the worst – damaging winds, flooding and electrical failures. The speculative storm strike brought U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District staff together at J. Strom Thurmond Dam, Georgia May 5, to war game the scenario, something the district does on a regular basis.

  • April

    The South Atlantic Division performs a tabletop exercise in preparation of the 2022 hurricane season.

    Army engineers prepare for hurricane season, expect up to eight storms

    SAVANNAH, Ga. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has begun preparing for the hurricane season in the Southeast with an extensive schedule of training and safety exercises throughout Georgia.

  • May

    2016 Hurricane Matthew

    Hurricane Season is upon us. Are you prepared?

    Successfully weathering a hurricane requires preparation at every level – governments, families and

  • September

    The Corps' battle-tested mission command brings to bear the full spectrum of contingency response under authorities given directly to USACE by Congress and as part of the federal response led by FEMA.

    Airborne engineers work with Corps to put ‘blades in dirt’

    In less than two days the Corps of Engineers amassed an army of experts from five districts and one