Mapping where water once flowed is important for managing flood risk today in Detroit and elsewhere.
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A new study shows that river barriers, similar to those built by beavers, can protect areas at risk of flooding by storing water upstream.
Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.
The majority of flood-related deaths involve vehicles in water. What if flood models could warn of the risks street by street using real-time storm forecasts? Machine learning can make it possible.
We’ll need clear and well updated information to gauge flood risk as climate change intensifies floods.
Local councils are on the front line in a planning system that lacks an up-to-date planning framework to properly assess flood risks and prepare responses.
A street-by-street analysis shows where the risks are rising fastest and also lays bare the inequities of who has to endure America’s crippling flood problem.
Many cities continue to allow developers to build homes in areas that have a high risk of flooding.
Current policy to manage and protect people from flooding disadvantages those who are most vulnerable.
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