Up close is not the best way to see the world’s biggest gate. Standing alongside it from one end, where a three-story hinge links to a massive steel lattice, the Maeslant storm surge barrier resembles ...

Windmills are more than just a traditional part of the Dutch landscape; they have played a key role in the war the Dutch have been waging against the ocean for the past thousand years. Our Cover Story ...

HOEK VAN HOLLAND, Netherlands, -- Like two enormous butterfly wings, massive yet delicate, the 700-foot-wide gates of the Maeslant storm-surge barrier sit on either side of the New Waterway, a ...

This is the first installment of a Times-Picayune and Advocate series exploring how the Netherlands’ climate change adaptation strategies could be a model for the Louisiana coast. HOEK VAN HOLLAND, ...