When we think about flood management, higher stop banks, stronger levees and concrete barriers usually come to mind. But what if the best solution—for people and nature—isn't to confine rivers, but to ...

FEMA hosts a Base Flood Elevation course in May 2022 instructed by Strategic Alliance for Risk Reduction's Rebecca Croft at the University of the Virgin Islands Albert A. Sheen campus on St. Croix.

As extreme weather and flooding events become more intense and frequent due to climate change, improving flood mitigation strategies has never been more critical. The livelihood of downstream ...

About 12 acres of Newport News are in a floodplain. To mitigate the higher risk of flooding in those areas, the city wants to recruit community members to help develop a plan to address the problem.

A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half of ...

Map provided by the Marietta Engineering Department Marietta officials and the county floodplain management track flood levels and what buildings and residences are affected when waters from the ...

Sarasota County Stormwater Division of Public Works invites community members to review and provide comments on the Floodplain Management Plan (FMP). The FMP was redeveloped and adopted by the ...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Residents of Seminole County are encouraged to attend a public meeting on Wednesday, August 20, to discuss the floodplain management plan. The meeting is scheduled at the North ...

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