| 单词 | floodplain |
| 例句 | Most known geoglyphs are located not near the floodplains but on higher ground. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The final result covered almost fifteen acres and was the largest earthen structure in the Western Hemisphere; though built out of unsuitable material in a floodplain, it has stood for a thousand years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Farmers in the floodplain build houses and barns on stilts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Moistening the clay was easy—capillary action will draw up water from the floodplain, which has a high water table. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Dense collections of villages thronged the bluffs that line the shore, with their people fishing in the river and farming the floodplains and sections of the uplands. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The river’s floodplain and that of its tributaries take up another 5 to 10 percent of the basin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But of the subjects “Caroline” grabs in the meaty fist of its ambition — civil rights, economics, mourning, the Mississippi floodplain — the most radical is also the most traditional: the anguish of troubled love. Review: ‘Caroline, or Change’ Makes History’s Heartbreak Sing 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Timing Locals will tell you Top End only has two seasons, dry and wet — or hot and hotter — and during the height of wet, some of Kakadu’s floodplains are only passable by boat. From Top End to Tasmania: Two Very Different Sides of Australia 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Hand-tended fields of potatoes and maize covered the floodplain, fringed by dazzling wildflowers. A Journey to Kashmir’s Gurez Valley 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z However, the fort’s strategic importance quickly diminished when the Mississippi River turned away from it, isolating it in the floodplains just like an oxbow lake. Along the Mississippi 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The forest receded in this area, replaced by a vast sweep of floodplains decorated with carpets of tiny yellow flowers and solitary oak trees. Along the Mississippi 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The flat areas of land that border it are called floodplains because the water channels meander over time, depositing fertile soil ideal for farming. Small farmers in New England are starting to rebuild, but climate extremes are here to stay 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z One controversial solution involves moving Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Farnsworth House, which sits on a floodplain in Plano, Illinois, to another location on the 62-acre estate. One of America’s Most Famous Homes May Soon Be Underwater 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z “One shouldn’t just move it to high ground where it would never flood. It was designed to be in the floodplain. In other words, the flooding was part of the concept of the house.” One of America’s Most Famous Homes May Soon Be Underwater 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z At Stakna Monastery, perched on its floodplain outcrop, a portly monk shows us around dusky shrines, shammies tied to his feet to polish the parquetry as he shuffles along. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one According to Dr. Butzer, during late Paleolithic times the great bulk of early settlements were concentrated in the floodplains on the levees and the immediate riverbanks of the Nile. The Ancient Egyptian invention that made everything else possible 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z He and I have pushed against our addictions long enough that we have mapped out the entire floodplain. Let me do sobriety my way 2012-08-18T16:00:00Z At Stakna Monastery, perched on its floodplain outcrop, a portly monk shows us around dusky shrines, shammies tied to his feet to polish the parquetry as he shuffles along. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one To help unravel the mystery of how the Earth cycles fossil carbon, Rice University's Mark Torres and collaborators studied the chemistry of a river system extending from the Peruvian Andes to the Amazon floodplains. Study sheds light on how Earth cycles fossil-carbon 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Dominique Janee: This small parcel sitting on the fertile floodplain along a brook, was perfect for a medicinal garden. The U.S.’s First Black Female Physician Cared for Patients from Cradle to Grave 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps property has been built on a floodplain. Northern Ireland floods: What can we do to prevent more devastation? 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z As natural floodplains give way to home lots, there’s less room for floodwater to disperse, they say. Dangerous 'Fill and Build' Floodplain Policy Should Be Scrapped, Experts Say 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Additionally, moving levees farther away from riverbanks allows water to spread and flow over floodplains as they would naturally, slowing it and recharging groundwater. Depleted Groundwater Could Be Refilled by Borrowing a Trick from Solar Power 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The river's massive floodwaters exacerbated what the authors describe as a "complicated relationship" between rivers and their floodplains in regions of continuous permafrost. Flooding that closed Alaska's Dalton Highway also caused widespread ground sinking 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z “They knew they were farming in a floodplain and tried to mitigate by maybe building their barn, you know, 4 or 5 feet higher in elevation,” she said. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z This poses an additional hazard to the health of urban and rural communities in low-income countries and communities dependent on these rivers and floodplains, especially in regions already burdened with water-related diseases. Extensive impact of metal mining contamination on rivers and floodplains 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z But clearly they lived in and trod across the broad coastal floodplain of meandering rivers and back swamps now preserved in stone. 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales' tracks Washington fossils and their stories 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z “Lots of those floods have not been in floodplains and so this will make sure that … buyers are afforded the knowledge that the seller has.” As climate risks increase, New York could require flood disclosures in home sales 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z But it also meant they stopped working on all the remediation already planned, such as installing drainage culverts and repairing floodplains to control erosion. Tumbling down: Biden’s construction halt threatens ‘integrity’ of border wall 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z And while regional floodplain managers are common throughout the country, there are only three newly created “chief heat officer” positions to coordinate extreme heat planning, in Miami-Dade County, Phoenix and Los Angeles. Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the U.S. 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The plan calls for $25 billion to $30 billion in investments over the next 30 years for infrastructure upgrades, emergency preparation and floodplain restoration. California is working on solutions to worsening climate change. Will they be enough? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Maxwell emphasized that the most important thing Southern California residents could do was prepare for the potential for floods, especially those living near areas susceptible to flooding, like a canyon or floodplain. Hurricane Hilary expected to bring downpours, flood danger to Southern California 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Authorities should implement master drainage plans for cities and floodplain management based on a mapping of flood risks associated with rivers, Ma told Reuters. Explainer: Why was northern China ravaged by floods? 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z In New Mexico, a contractor built a road up against the wall but eight feet above the floodplain. Tumbling down: Biden’s construction halt threatens ‘integrity’ of border wall 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z But Gergely Hanko, a conservation engineer and project leader for the Plastic Cup, said that while much of the waste can be removed by hand from the floodplain, there is much more that remains inaccessible. Volunteers head off plastic waste crisis by removing tons of rubbish from Hungarian river 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z “We desperately need an East Fork stewardship plan that is adequately funded and staffed,” said Isaac Brown, a senior scientist at Stillwater Sciences, a consulting firm specializing in restoring rivers and floodplains. Trash heaps, wild parties and slaughtered animals: Blight invades a beloved L.A. escape 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Texas’ ancient outcrops record broad swaths of the last 300 million years, including Carboniferous coal swamps, dinosaur-filled floodplains and Cenozoic savannas. A Fossil Dream as Big as Texas 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The threats, the killers, are legion: Warming streams, dammed rivers, an acidifying ocean, impassable culverts, toxins in every tire on every car, stormwater runoff, watersheds choked by sprawl, vanishing floodplains, armored shorelines, abundant sea lions. null 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z The Corps manages floodplains, levees, and other water infrastructure across the U.S., making critical decisions on emergency management. US engineers contributed to Missouri River flood damage and must pay landowners, court rules 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Cities have long been warned to prepare by improving drainage, opening up floodplains, planting shade trees and encouraging better insulation for buildings. Will Wildfires Like These Become the New Normal? 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Yet the places where we’ve begun to reclaim floodplains for rivers are vastly outnumbered by the problem areas that remain and those we continue to create. Opinion: We've seen the flooding in California. Will we move to higher ground? 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z State officials have moved lots of supplies to the region to prepare for this, including 2 million sandbags, according to Mehdi Mizani, deputy state floodplain manager for the California Department of Water Resources. California officials say communities near refilling Tulare Lake now unlikely to flood 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z For example, sorghum and millet grew on the savannah, and rice flourished in the Gambia valley and around the upper Niger floodplain. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “California has these historic floodplains that have benefited salmon over time,” he said. Newsom touts $60-million plan for 'fishway' along Yuba River; critics say it falls short 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z “Restoring floodplains is a critical and cost-effective flood prevention tool,” they wrote. Newsom visits flood-threatened town of Corcoran as California heat wave kicks off 'big melt' 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z In Nashville; Charlotte, N.C., and Tulsa, Okla., city and county governments have successfully enacted effective floodplain zoning, relocating homes and converting waterfronts to public open space. Opinion: We've seen the flooding in California. Will we move to higher ground? 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z However, military experts say any Ukrainian troop movements in the bridgehead area - which is crisscrossed by floodplains, irrigation canals and other water obstacles - would be a tough task. Ukraine war: Kyiv secures bridgehead across key Dnipro River - reports 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Unlike lower reaches of the Nile, which were known for wide floodplains and insufficient rainfall, Meroe is far enough south to receive natural watering from the sub-Saharan tropical rains. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “In big wet winters like this, historically, salmon would go out on that floodplain, feed, hide from predators and then get nice and healthy and fat to continue their journey to the ocean.” Newsom touts $60-million plan for 'fishway' along Yuba River; critics say it falls short 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z In this strategy, water on floodplains slowly returns to the river, extending the flow into drier months, when farmers most need it. Ongoing Development Is Part of the Colorado River Problem 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z But 90% of the nation’s floodplains are not part of densely developed urban areas. Opinion: We've seen the flooding in California. Will we move to higher ground? 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Since they were installed, roads, homes and businesses have cropped up within the rivers’ historic floodplains. How the Cedar River got its meander back 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Official floodplain maps are either out of date or inaccurate, and they fail to account for the changing climate. Opinion: Catastrophic floods and breached levees reveal a problem California too often neglects 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z In central New Mexico, pilgrims also make the trek to El Cerro de Tomé, a small hill that rises up from the Rio Grande floodplain. Faith guides Catholic pilgrims to historic New Mexico sites 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Water wants what development has disrupted: its slow phases in wetlands, floodplains, meadows and forests. Ongoing Development Is Part of the Colorado River Problem 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The reshaping of water flows cut off salmon from the mountain rivers where they cooled off in summer and from the floodplains, rich with bugs, where they packed on weight in winter. California Salmon Stocks Are Crashing. A Fishing Ban Looks Certain. 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z High rivers have also created more overflows into natural and human-made floodplains. Here's where California's remarkably wet year is bringing welcome recovery 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z He found that CIMA’s reference area artificially boosted the figure by oversampling lowland valleys and floodplains far more attractive to farmers — and thus vulnerable to logging — than the park’s more rugged terrain. ‘Gone wrong’: Doubts on carbon-credit program in Peru forest 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Flooding: Newsom removed a promised $40 million for restoring floodplains, which help protect communities from excessive flooding, from the state’s budget this year. Will California’s Plan to Make Its Own Insulin Work? 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Many at the conference spoke of a need to work with nature to manage water, including by restoring healthy ecosystems in floodplains, wetlands and forests. Amid conflicts and climate change, U.N. puts focus on 'deep trouble' in water worldwide 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z And development often paves over floodplains that could otherwise absorb rainfall and runoff, making floods more common and destructive. Opinion: California housing and the environment are often at odds. They don't have to be 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Much of the Central Valley was once a vast floodplain fed by the rivers that flow from the Sierra Nevada. Amid soaking storms, California turns to farmland to funnel water into depleted aquifers 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z But then it gently spread across a landscaped floodplain, losing its fury. Who deserves a levee? The fight to save California communities from flooding 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z The second option “is actually opening up Highway 1. Basically cutting through Highway 1 and the low spot, which is to the south of the river, and letting the water out of the floodplain.” As Pajaro River levees erode, officials consider severing Highway 1 to relieve pressure 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z In drier times, though, those same flat floodplains looked especially attractive to farmers and builders, so now the valley floors are cultivated and developed. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Residents of the small community off Interstate 40 recently learned that after years of raising flags about the school that lies in a floodplain, the latest federal budget included $90 million for a new campus. Navajo community wins fight to replace crumbling campus 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The people fished in the water and farmed on the silty floodplain, growing crops such as corn and squash. ‘A living spirit’: Native people push for changes to protect the Colorado River 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z A wide floodplain could create habitat and let the river widen. Who deserves a levee? The fight to save California communities from flooding 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Many local officials believe that, instead of just building more levees, the state should give flood waters another place to go by creating natural floodplains out of conserved land. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Restoring floodplains requires setting aside low-lying inland areas for water to accumulate away from homes and critical infrastructure. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The state’s plan focuses partly on projects that would restore natural floodplains to give floodwater room to spread out and dissipate. California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Before industrialization, when trees would fall in the Cascade foothills, they’d drift downriver, lodging on floodplains and banks, disrupting river flow, causing new channels to form. How stray logs in Puget Sound turn industrial shorelines green 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z State Historic Park and the history of the Los Angeles River floodplain. As storms postpone or cancel arts events across Los Angeles, organizations remain resilient 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z "You can build a levee stronger and better, but it's still vulnerable to breaking," said John Cain, director of conservation at River Partners, a nonprofit that advocates for such floodplain restoration projects. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Beyond that, water that settles over floodplains percolates into the soil and, where the geology permits, recharges groundwater that has been dangerously depleted by agricultural over-pumping. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Restoring more of the valley’s natural floodplains can also nourish ecosystems and help struggling populations of fish and other wildlife. California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The Yolo Bypass — undeveloped land that is allowed to flood during a wet year — acts as a floodplain that can take pressure off the Sacramento River, protecting the state capital from floodwaters. How California's slew of storms stack up to previous drought-busters 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Year after year, its waters erode and sluice rock away from mountains, liberating precious metals and whisking them to lowlands, where they are deposited among sediments in riverbeds and floodplains. Illegal mining has muddied tropical rivers worldwide 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Cain's organization has put this approach to the test about 20 miles upstream on the San Joaquin by purchasing unused land and converting it into a natural floodplain. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z In dry seasons, restored floodplains can be wildlife preserves. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Dolan said the Central Valley needs to identify appropriate areas for widening floodplains. California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z We have to make huge investments in green infrastructure, which uses nature to absorb runoff—such as floodplains, parks and rain gardens. Why California Is Being Deluged by Atmospheric Rivers 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z This eliminated the rivers’ natural floodplains, making it more difficult for groundwater to replenish. California’s paradox: Confronting too little water, and too much 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The proposed budget also seeks to claw back $40 million that was allocated in last year's budget for floodplain restoration along the San Joaquin River. California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it? 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z All that’s missing in restoring floodplains is the will, and enough money to buy land, usually farmland that has become too costly to keep under cultivation. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The nonprofit group River Partners restored the floodplain by removing berms that farmers had built, opening the way for water to seasonally flood about 1,000 acres. California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Local officials in California can be reluctant to take farmland near rivers out of production, said Julie Rentner, president of River Partners, an environmental group that works on floodplain restoration projects in the state. Floods Show California’s Climate Dilemma: Fight the Water, or Pull Back? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Making matters worse: Communities have been built on those floodplains, so when rivers overtop their banks, the water goes into people’s houses rather than replenishing wetland habitats and slowly sinking into the soil. California’s paradox: Confronting too little water, and too much 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Broadly speaking, the detectives are discovering that water wants the return of its slow phases—wetlands, floodplains, grasslands, forests and meadows—that human development has eradicated. How Water Cycles Can Help Prevent Disastrous Floods and Drought 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z But he also cut most floodplain restoration funding from his proposed budget for the third straight year. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z By late afternoon, a sense of resignation had settled over the Redwood-surrounded towns on this narrow floodplain, just a few miles from the ocean. Destruction, tears and tenacity in California towns battered by earthquake 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The analysis reinforces an estimate by the Mekong River Commission, set up in 1995 by countries bordering the river, that in 2020 only about a third of those river-borne soils would reach the Vietnamese floodplains. How dams built by China starve the Mekong River Delta of vital sediment 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The settlement doesn't prevent someone from constructing on the floodplain in the future, he said, but it shows that the government will not give unrestricted authority to potential builders. "Catastrophic failure": DOJ tried to hide report warning private border wall in Texas could collapse 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z For instance, wetlands and floodplains are scattered across a watershed—an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries—in contrast to a dam and giant reservoir. How Water Cycles Can Help Prevent Disastrous Floods and Drought 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z In years like this one, in which the state seems to have more water than money, a floodplain restoration advocate’s thoughts may turn to the ballot. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z In the forests of the Kinabatangan floodplain in Malaysian Borneo, a wildlife research group works with the Orang Sungai Indigenous community to monitor biodiversity. What Is Prince William’s Earthshot Prize? 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z In fire-scorched areas of the Rio Negro floodplains, one research group noted a “drastic ecosystem shift” that has reduced jungle to savanna. As the Amazon rainforest goes dry, a desperate wait for water Poverty forces people to live on floodplains, while illiteracy prohibits them from adapting to the effects of climate change, said Rafique. Insurgency, neglect hurt flood relief in Pakistani province 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z When river levels run high and spill over into wetlands and floodplains, the flow slows down and seeps underground, raising the water table. How Water Cycles Can Help Prevent Disastrous Floods and Drought 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z But whether it’s a budget allocation or a bond, let’s try to remember: There will be even wetter winters, and restored floodplains can protect homes and capture water for use in bone-dry summers. Editorial: Restore California's floodplains to capture more stormwater, protect human life 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Groundwater levels have been declining for decades because of overpumping and engineered infrastructure that prevents natural refilling, such as levees that block water from seeping down through floodplain soil. Hidden ‘Paleo Valleys’ Could Help California Survive Droughts 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Its waterways and floodplains are home to some of the world's most endangered species of large mammals, like black rhinos. COP27: The oil project being called a sin 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Around Mourga's farm in Dana village on the floodplain of the Logone River bordering Cameroon and Chad, hundreds of hectares of crops and dotted huts in hamlets remain under water. Torrential floods in West Africa hurt food security 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The state’s massive water infrastructure—huge dams, levees and long-distance aqueducts—prevents the great rivers of the Central Valley region from occupying their floodplains and naturally recharging groundwater. How Water Cycles Can Help Prevent Disastrous Floods and Drought 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Indiscriminate construction on natural floodplains and storm-water paths exacerbate the problem. Nigeria floods: 'I have nowhere to go' 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Albanese said he would work closely with New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet to also push changes to floodplain building planning laws in Australia. Australia to spend $500 million to move or flood-proof homes in inundated areas 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z He says they've been advising the government to relocate people on a permanent basis so they can move out of floodplains. Nigeria floods: Braving the rising waters in Kogi state 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Water-dependent businesses, tribes, a dozen scientific societies, community planners, wetland and floodplain managers, drinking water providers and outdoor recreationists each explained how protecting wetlands and other waters from unregulated pollution is important to their interests. Opinion | Friend-of-the-court briefs are important in cases 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z And that is a conservative estimate, based on flood damage data covering just around 30% of households in floodplains. How Water Cycles Can Help Prevent Disastrous Floods and Drought 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z It needs a very specific habitat to thrive, preferring shallow ponds created by meandering rivers on floodplains. Conservation: Explosion in frog numbers after mass pond digging 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z In Delhi, they grow vegetables on a small patch of land in the Yamuna River’s floodplains to make ends meet. AP PHOTOS: In Delhi, migrants battered repeatedly by floods 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Beavers aren’t always wanted in an area because humans want to adapt the landscape to fit their needs, draining wetlands and building houses in floodplains. Beavers offer natural solution to fighting wildfires 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z In areas outside the floodplain — many of which are still likely to have been damaged by rain or storm surge from Ian — only an estimated 9.4 percent of homes have flood coverage. Hurricane Ian’s Toll Is Severe. Lack of Insurance Will Make It Worse. 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z States and localities such as New Jersey, following Hurricane Sandy, are buying up real estate in high-risk areas and converting it into floodplains and wetlands, natural flood barriers. Opinion | The world’s ice is melting. Humanity must prepare for the consequences. 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Many affected communities were in close proximity to floodplains and were made more vulnerable by high poverty rates. Climate Change Likely Worsened Pakistan’s Devastating Floods 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The department said the site also provides floodplain habitat for salmon and habitat for Swainson’s hawks and other species. Tidal marsh or ‘fake habitat’? California environmental project draws criticism 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Now paleontologists have uncovered one of the earliest members of this storied lineage of lumbering giants: a svelte, much smaller omnivore that once darted across the floodplains of prehistoric Zimbabwe. New Dinosaur Species Is Oldest Ever Found in Africa 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Across Florida, just 49.5 percent of homes in the floodplain had flood insurance last year, according to Milliman, despite the state being more exposed to hurricanes than anywhere else in the country. Hurricane Ian’s Toll Is Severe. Lack of Insurance Will Make It Worse. 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z "Structures and people that live on the floodplain downstream of the Jaba River would be directly impacted by flooding or landslide effect," it said. Former Rio Tinto mine at Bougainville poses flood risk - report 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z "Clear-cutting in privately owned forests, floodplains and military areas is still possible," it said in a statement. Hungarians renew protest at 'forest destruction' as government rolls back some changes 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The property is in the southern portion of the Yolo Bypass, a floodplain on the north side of the delta. Tidal marsh or ‘fake habitat’? California environmental project draws criticism 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z He pointed to the fact that Americans have continued to flock to vulnerable areas such as coastlines, river floodplains and areas with greater wildfire risks. ‘They are not slowing down’: The rise of billion-dollar disasters In Texas, 32.1 percent of homes in the floodplain had flood insurance. Hurricane Ian’s Toll Is Severe. Lack of Insurance Will Make It Worse. 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z If communities build levees or other infrastructure designed to keep floodwaters at bay, it could encourage more people to settle in floodplains. Unprecedented, Climate-Driven Disasters Are Stymieing Preparation Efforts 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Corncrakes evolved to nest and feed on the ground in the loose grass and weeds of natural floodplains, and the bird’s numbers are still strong in parts of Asia and Eastern Europe. Irish Farmers Help Save a Bird Whose Calls Used to Herald Summer 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The floodplain and the river channel are a single system. A Silver Lining: Giant Floods Not Only Destroy, They Renew 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z State officials had also recommended that people evacuate the floodplain of Panbowl Lake in Jackson, Ky., because of a “muddy discharge” at a local dam. Severe Weather and Flooding Is Expected to Push East to West Virginia 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z In West Virginia, whose steep valleys create some of the worst flood risk in the country, only 11 percent of homes in the floodplain had flood insurance. Hurricane Ian’s Toll Is Severe. Lack of Insurance Will Make It Worse. 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Windsor, a town of 1,900 an hour northwest of Sydney, sits on a floodplain. Flood, Evacuate, Rinse, Repeat: A Relentless Pattern Batters Australia 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Several rural counties will receive money to restore floodplains, create wetlands and, in Kent County, re-create a beaver dam to help filter pollutants that have made their way into Turner’s Creek. Maryland, behind in cleaning up Chesapeake, beefs up restoration efforts 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Its effects can be seen in terraces forming on river floodplains that cross these areas. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Approval for future housing development along the floodplains has come under greater scrutiny, particularly in the Hawkesbury-Nepean area, where the population is expected to nearly double in the next 30 years. Just Months After the Last Floods, It’s the ‘Same Thing Again’ 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Before then, premiums were determined using more general information, such as whether a home was inside the floodplain. Hurricane Ian’s Toll Is Severe. Lack of Insurance Will Make It Worse. 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Even for residents who have grown up on floodplains, the latest deluges are something of an anomaly. Flood, Evacuate, Rinse, Repeat: A Relentless Pattern Batters Australia 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z King County officials used the service to understand geomorphological — that is, the physical, chemical or biological — processes in the Snoqualmie River floodplain. A kayaking scientist maps the impacts of climate change on Puget Sound waterways 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z When sea levels rise, sediments accumulate on the shelf typically forming large, fan- shaped floodplains called deltas. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z "We need something today, right now, because we are living on floodplains, and emergency warnings and alerts fill a critical role to improve safety, to save lives and prevent damage," says Ms Murphy. Australia's devastating floods spur new warning systems 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Before white settlers descended upon the lower Columbia River, the floodplains at Steigerwald Lake were rich habitat for salmon, waterfowl, amphibians and other animals. Wildlife, visitors and floodwaters return to WA refuge, open after 2-year closure 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Like many in the area, she is frustrated by what she sees as inaction or poor decisions by local governments, including allowing further development in the floodplains. Flood, Evacuate, Rinse, Repeat: A Relentless Pattern Batters Australia 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Western Sydney's Hawkesbury-Nepean valley is a floodplain, prone to dangerous flooding due to a "bathtub effect", the New South Wales State Emergency Service says. Explainer: Why Australia is battling floods again 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Streams can be divided into three main sections: the many smaller tributaries in the source area, the main trunk stream in the floodplain and the distributaries at the mouth of the stream. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z There isn’t enough habitat in the estuaries, floodplains, side channels or riparian zones, Trainer said. Fish passage ‘likely’ as Seattle City Light aims to re-license Skagit River dams 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z On the river floodplain below one of the ruined bridges lies the upside-down wreck of a truck that plunged when the span was destroyed. A ‘Dead City’ Becomes the Flashpoint for the Fierce War in the East 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z On the edge of rapidly expanding Sydney, the Hawkesbury-Nepean floodplain is prime location for new growth. Flood, Evacuate, Rinse, Repeat: A Relentless Pattern Batters Australia 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Sydney's rapid population growth over the last few decades has pushed development into the floodplain. Explainer: Why Australia is battling floods again 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Headwater streams tend to be narrow and straight with small or non-existent floodplains adjacent to the channel. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight filters through the foliage of a dense, quiet forest on the river’s floodplain, which was the Ukrainians’ kill zone. A Doomed River Crossing Shows the Perils of Entrapment in the War’s East 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z By that time, her sense of what “a lush and incredibly dangerous floodplain” might represent had “totally changed.” Review: The environmental impact of composers Ellen Reid and Gabriela Ortiz, indoors and out 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z But building cheaply on floodplains is “a recipe for trapping people in poverty,” said Prof. Pittock. Flood, Evacuate, Rinse, Repeat: A Relentless Pattern Batters Australia 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z "More often than not, it's not the wealthy people living in the cheap land on the floodplain, it's the people who can't afford to live on top of the hill," Watt said last week. Explainer: Why Australia is battling floods again 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Meandering channels tend to have a wide floodplain, high discharge, natural levees, and flood regularly. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Quintero also makes note of the 1,500 acres of floodplains, along with the scenic landscape. 'A walk back in time': Where two rivers join, California will get a new state park 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Incandescent melodies, or hints thereof, emerge only at the end, hinting at floodplains harmonized into the environment. Review: The environmental impact of composers Ellen Reid and Gabriela Ortiz, indoors and out 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Residents “can’t insure a house on the floodplains. Their house gets destroyed and they can’t sell their house or land so they’re forced to rebuild without insurance in the same place.” Flood, Evacuate, Rinse, Repeat: A Relentless Pattern Batters Australia 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The 650-mile-long river originates in Russia and meanders southeast through the eastern Donbas region before re-entering Russian territory, forming oxbow lakes, floodplains and swamps. Ukraine decimated Russian forces trying to cross a river in the east, Britain’s defense ministry says. 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Sediment that breaches the levees during flood stage is called crevasse splays delivering silt and clay into the floodplain. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Every five years, flood protection plans are updated for the Central Valley, where about 1.3 million people live at risk in floodplains. California hikes costs for flood protections in farm country 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The Dos Rios Ranch Preserve is California’s largest single floodplain restoration project, part of the nation’s broadest effort to rethink how rivers flow as climate change alters the environment. California gives rivers more room to flow to stem flood risk 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z The floodplain is part of what’s made Camden beautiful, she added, creating the area’s lush open spaces. Flood, Evacuate, Rinse, Repeat: A Relentless Pattern Batters Australia 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z After flooding in 2019 breached a levee in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River, for example, the levee was moved back to create more than 1,000 acres of floodplain and added wetlands. Gulf Coast, Mississippi River cities eager for flood funding 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Knowing where and how a particular sedimentary rock was formed can help geologists paint a picture of past environments—such as a mountain glacier, gentle floodplain, dry desert, or deep-sea ocean floor. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z One of my favorite bakeries and cafés in Podil, a historic neighborhood on the floodplain of the Dnieper River, had reopened. A Journalist Returns to Kyiv 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Some of those levees cut off rivers from their natural floodplains. California gives rivers more room to flow to stem flood risk 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Talk at the meeting centered on the best practices of the time: reconnecting the stream with some of its floodplains by reclaiming adjacent property, removing armoring and reintroducing native plants along the banks. To Revive a River, Restore Its Hidden Gut 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z They said these projects would include creating more spawning habitat for salmon and smelt, restoring floodplains and side channels, and removing barriers that hinder fish, among other things. As drought saps water supply, California signs $2.6-billion ecological pact 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z In meandering streams, the flow carries sediment grains via a single channel that wanders back and forth across the floodplain. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the Mississippi floodplain, the North American continent sloped upward beneath a vast sea of grass and scrub-land to the crest of the Rocky Mountains. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It will detail ways to lower flood risk and protect the roughly 1.3 million people who live on floodplains, along with key infrastructure, agricultural lands and ecosystems. California gives rivers more room to flow to stem flood risk 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Straightening a stream and building over its floodplain can destroy the hyporheic zone. To Revive a River, Restore Its Hidden Gut 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The water agencies that have joined the deal have committed to restoring or creating 20,000 acres of floodplain habitat, and nearly 3,300 acres of additional habitat where fish can spawn. As drought saps water supply, California signs $2.6-billion ecological pact 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The floodplain sediment away from the channel is mostly fine grained material that only gets deposited during floods. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mississippian people, as archaeologists call them, built large towns with central plazas and tall, flat-topped earthen pyramids, especially on the rich floodplains adjoining the Mississippi and other midwestern and southern rivers. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It would be impossible to restore all of that in a state of 40 million people, where major cities like the capital of Sacramento and Stockton have been built in floodplains. California gives rivers more room to flow to stem flood risk 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z The team chose these spans because they were originally floodplains, and allowing overflow there could greatly reduce problematic flooding along the stream’s longer route. To Revive a River, Restore Its Hidden Gut 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z “Of course, we support floodplain restoration,” said Regina Chichizola, executive director of the group Save California Salmon. As drought saps water supply, California signs $2.6-billion ecological pact 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Oxbow lakes, named for their curved shape, originated in fluvial floodplains. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, along rivers, healthy upstream forests, floodplains and wetlands reduce flood risk by storing water and slowing the flow. ‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z But in the messy world of California water, floodplain restoration stands out, said Nelson, the water consultant. California gives rivers more room to flow to stem flood risk 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z By restoring the floodplains at Confluence and Kingfisher, Seattle has relieved troublesome flooding along Thornton Creek. To Revive a River, Restore Its Hidden Gut 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z They fished in the Niger River, herded cattle, and raised rice on the river’s fertile floodplains. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A floodplain is the generally flat area of land located adjacent to a stream channel that is inundated with floodwater on a regular basis. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The researchers said restoring floodplains and wetlands are some of the nature-based solutions that can improve water management. ‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The new factory will be constructed on a floodplain, which the company says will be transformed into a nature reserve. Ashford: New bicycle factory could create thousands of jobs 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z By erecting coastal storm surge barriers or buying out neighborhoods in the floodplain, the federal government can counteract some of the new climate-driven risk that Wing's paper projects. US flood risk is about to explode — but not for the reasons you think 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z As urban areas expand, people are building in riskier locations, including expanding into existing floodplains – areas that were already at risk of flooding, even in a stable climate. New Maps Show US Flood Damage Rising 26 Percent in Next 30 Years 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z As soon as the flooding stream overtops its banks and occupies the wide area of its floodplain, the velocity decreases. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we bring nature back into the city, protect our floodplains, have trees along our streets, we can do a great deal to increase our adaptive capacity,” Roberts said. ‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Rivers submerged parts of Tennessee that were not previously considered floodplains. In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world how to live alongside nature In England, farmers and landowners could be paid to turn large areas of land into nature reserves, or to restore floodplains, under new government agriculture subsidies. Veg diet plus re-wilding gives 'double climate dividend' 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Farmers and landowners in England could be paid to turn large areas of land into nature reserves, or to restore floodplains, under new government agriculture subsidies. Farmers could be paid for post-Brexit land changes 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z In addition, sediments are added to the floodplain during this flooding process. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z It revealed that prime night parrot habitat in Queensland consisted of areas of tussock grass called triodia that had been long untouched by fire, and close to water sources and seed-rich floodplains. Chasing the ‘Ghost Bird’ of Australia’s Outback 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Many more, like Ms. Southwell, are stranded on floodplain islands with no way to leave except by boat or helicopter, possibly until after Christmas. First Fires, Then Floods: Climate Extremes Batter Australia 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Achieving this will require upgrading both natural infrastructure – headwaters forests, floodplains and groundwater recharge in agricultural areas – and built infrastructure, such as canals, spillways and levees. California’s water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Florida plans to use its award to acquire and manage about 32,000 acres of wetland and floodplain habitat in the Apalachicola watershed. BP oil spill fund: $103M to projects in 3 Gulf states 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Meandering channels are composed of a single channel that curves back and forth like a snake within its floodplain. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z He also points out that for many dense cities where space is a premium, it may be difficult to implement some of Yu's ideas such as providing land for floodplains. The man turning cities into giant sponges to embrace floods 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z "We want to regenerate town centres. Quite a lot of our town centres are on floodplains," he said. Climate change: Tough choices over flood-risk towns in Wales, says minister 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z But with the number of properties built in floodplains in England expected to double by 2065, the agency said it alone cannot protect everyone from increasing flood risks. ‘Adapt or Die,’ U.K. Environment Agency Warns on Climate Change 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Last month, Reynosa officials also launched a legal battle to demolish the city’s primary nonprofit migrant shelter, already home to hundreds, arguing it lies in a floodplain. Biden vowed to close a border migrant camp, then a worse one emerged under his watch 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z A floodplain is the broad, mostly flat area next to a meandering river that is regularly flooded. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z New Jersey and New York have both spent billions of dollars improving flood defenses after Superstorm Sandy hit the region in 2012, but much of that work was focused on the coasts and tidal floodplains. Cleanup and mourning continue after Ida soaks Northeast US 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z In Washington State’s King County, for example, floodplain managers have used census data to understand exactly who lives in flood-prone areas to better target resources and mitigation projects. Fix Disaster Response Now 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z More than 17 inches of rain fell in a single day on Saturday, overtopping the region’s many rivers and submerging places not previously considered floodplains within a matter of hours. Tennessee floods show a pressing climate danger across America: ‘Walls of water’ 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z After a series of severe flooding events over the past 25 years, some of the affected countries had already taken action, for instance by lowering floodplains to help them absorb more water. Floods lay bare Europe's "gigantic task" in averting future climate damage 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z A stream creates its floodplain as the channel meanders back and forth over thousands, even millions of years. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Communities are rewarded for steps such as effectively informing residents of flood risk, requiring buildings in flood zones to be elevated and clearing floodplains of development. Cities ‘Game’ Federal Program Meant to Reduce Flood Risk 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Analysis of the skull suggests that it belonged to a 50-year-old man who lived in a floodplain during the Middle Pleistocene, a time of great ancient human migration. Not everyone is convinced "Dragon Man" is a new species of archaic human 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The Emporia Dam inundation map shows that if the dam were to fail during a severe storm, the entire foundry site could be flooded, potentially disintegrating the cap and spreading contaminants across the floodplain. Below aging U.S. dams, a potential toxic calamity 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z All three were located at least one kilometre away from river courses and floodplains, known as "interfluvial zones". Amazon-dwellers lived sustainably for 5,000 years 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Regular flooding contributes to creating the floodplain by eroding uplands next to the floodplain. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z False hellebore leaves are pleated in appearance, grow from a stalk, occur in floodplains, marshes and swamps – and do not smell like onion. Vermont officials warn foragers of poisonous plant lookalike 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z The “WANTED” posters urged demonstrators to congregate near the city manager’s home in North Natomas, a quiet neighborhood of expansive tract homes in a deep floodplain not far from Sacramento International Airport. As protesters on left and right target public servants at home, one city pushes back 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z Contamination can also come from more mundane sources in the floodplain, like wastewater treatment plants or the oil canisters in people's basements that get swept into floodwaters, said Burton. Below aging U.S. dams, a potential toxic calamity 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Newer communities in developing areas are having to be built closer to floodplains and on lower ground, thus putting more people at risk. Why my ancestral home could be lost to climate change 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Natural levees can isolate flow from contributing channels from immediately reaching the main channel on the floodplain. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z That permit is also contingent upon approval of a floodplain permit for the resort, which would include trailers, tiny homes and wagons for guests. Montana county approves permit to build pipeline under river 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z The plant normally grows high above the Amazonian floodplains by attaching itself to a host plant and flowers at night to attract its two pollinating species of hawkmoth. Cambridge moonflower: Team 'overwhelmed' by global response 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z As in Midland, cleanup engineers accounted for flooding within the 100-year floodplain, but according to a spokesperson from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, they did not account for flooding from a dam failure. Below aging U.S. dams, a potential toxic calamity 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Bangladesh is at the epicentre of the global climate crisis - 80% of the country is floodplain, and it is affected by floods, storms, riverbank erosions, cyclones and droughts. Why my ancestral home could be lost to climate change 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The location and width of floodplains naturally vary, however, humans build artificial levees on flood plains to limit flooding. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z More than 60,000 miles of roads and bridges in coastal floodplains are already vulnerable to extreme storms and hurricanes, government estimates show. Texas Blackouts Point to Coast-to-Coast Crises Waiting to Happen 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z The plant is only found the high waterline of the floodplain rainforests of the Amazon basin, and its flowers reach 27cm in length. Thousands watch live stream as rare cactus starts to bloom in UK 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z "You have no way of predicting, really, how much of the bad stuff moved, how far it moved, how far it got out into the floodplain, what the concentrations are." Below aging U.S. dams, a potential toxic calamity 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z “We ought to start spending more time studying the potential catastrophic risks to working-class communities in the floodplains.” California's aging dams face new perils, 50 years after Sylmar quake crisis 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Meandering rivers create additional landforms as the channel migrates within the floodplain. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Most importantly, in the thousands of photographs taken by Mariner 9, scientists saw ancient river-carved valleys, floodplains, channels, and deltas. Why are people so dang obsessed with Mars? 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z “He also knows about communities in the floodplain that are disproportionately impacted” by floods. Incoming EPA Chief Vows ‘Sense of Urgency on Climate’ 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z The site is "not even in the floodplain," he said. Below aging U.S. dams, a potential toxic calamity 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z The plan updates the EPA’s 2016 cleanup plan for the river, its floodplains and other surrounding areas. EPA finalizes landmark cleanup plan for the Housatonic River 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The Mississippi River is a major shipping route and human engineering has ensured that the channel no longer meanders significantly within the floodplain. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z In other places, affordable housing — both privately and publicly owned — were purposefully constructed in floodplains because property was cheap and considered unsuitable for other types of development. Flood Risks to Low-Income Homes to Triple by 2050 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Just because the land is technically removed from the floodplain, Ringland still advises residents whose properties were removed from the floodplain to carry insurance. Presto Chango: How flood map revisions allow building in risky areas 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The views are better; the town is growing; and residents can watch their old community turn into farmland, recreation fields and natural floodplain. Climate Helped Turn These 5 Places into Ghost Towns 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The government faces significant obstacles in Texas, where the border is formed by the Rio Grande and the river floodplain is governed by international treaties. Trump officials tout progress on border wall before election 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Like entrenched meanders, stream terraces form when uplift occurs or base level drops and streams erode downward, leaving behind their old floodplains. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The government faces significant obstacles in Texas, where the border is formed by the Rio Grande and the river floodplain is governed by international treaties. Trump officials tout progress on border wall before election 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The land was no longer deemed to be in the floodplain, and building eventually commenced on hundreds of homes. Presto Chango: How flood map revisions allow building in risky areas 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The tree usually grows in floodplains, where it is nourished by the minerals washed down from the Andes. Opinion | The Grandmother Trees 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Insurance companies could withdraw from California in the wake of devastating wildfires, and home values could plummet on coastlines and in floodplains. Federal Report Warns of Financial Havoc From Climate Change 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z It helps form massive floodplains, river deltas, and tidal flats that store vast quantities of carbon and nutrients, and support vibrant communities of people, flora, and fauna. Five charts that will change everything you know about mud 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The good news is that, at nearly all the rivers his team studied, the floodplains downstream were capturing as much sediment as was eroding upstream, potentially curbing pollution. A secret hidden in centuries-old mud reveals a new way to save polluted rivers 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Qiao spoke as many rural residents of the Yangtze River floodplains do, accustomed to swelling waters whenever big rains hit. "Man cannot win against nature": Amid catastrophic floods, China's dams come into question 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Wetlands, natural floodplains and healthy coastal ecosystems also store carbon and are our strongest buffers against increasingly frequent and intense floods, hurricanes and superstorms. Congress wants to fix public lands. It's just a bandage on the wounds Trump caused | Sally Jewell and Ken Salazar 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z More than 3,000 people had died that year as the Yangtze River flooded, leaving 14 million people in its floodplains homeless. First a pandemic, then the floods: Villagers in southern China face devastation again 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z David Maurstad, FEMA's deputy associate administrator for insurance and mitigation, pointed to FEMA's flood maps being the "backbone" of floodplain management. Millions of US homes face greater flood threat than previously known, new analysis shows 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The new national park extends across floodplains, wetlands and landscapes "currently not found anywhere in NSW national parks", state environment minister Matt Kean was quoted by AFP news agency as saying. New Australia national park for rare species 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z The idea is to show people what’s not only possible, but practical and doable for builders and those who already own homes or businesses in Norfolk’s floodplains. Why a Norfolk nonprofit is moving to a flood zone 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Hickory Neighbors also argued that Trenton Farms shouldn’t get a permit because it’s in a floodplain and not properly equipped to prevent pollution in the event of flooding. Missouri Supreme Court rules in favor of large swine farm 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Solutions include floodplain restoration and “living shorelines” along vulnerable coasts and rivers. Green Infrastructure Can Be Cheaper, More Effective than Dams 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z This is not just because they are more likely to live in the floodplain or the line of fire, although that is part of it, and is often the result of racist practices like redlining. Hurricanes disproportionately harm communities of color. Why does TV news ignore that fact? 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z “The reality is that you typically find in our floodplains many of society’s vulnerable populations,” Chad Berginnis, executive director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, said at the conference yesterday. Flooding Disproportionately Harms Black Neighborhoods 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Jackson said the city has been working to point people in the right direction, specifically with its revamped zoning ordinance, which requires anything built in floodplains to meet resiliency standards. Why a Norfolk nonprofit is moving to a flood zone 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z The compounds later were incinerated, producing air pollution that settled into sediments, riverbanks and floodplains over decades. Flood raises fears of pollution at Michigan toxic waste site 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Similarly, research from the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game determined that removing three old dams and restoring natural floodplains reduced flood risk to surrounding areas and prevented the chance of dam failure. Green Infrastructure Can Be Cheaper, More Effective than Dams 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z The pollution built up in sediment in and along the river and in its floodplains, extending 50 miles downstream through the Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay. Michigan: threat of toxic contamination looms after dam failures trigger flooding 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “Urban flooding definitely merits national attention,” said Berginnis of the floodplain association. Flooding Disproportionately Harms Black Neighborhoods 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z “About a third of our overall work is looking for us to do things like restore riparian buffers, restore wetlands, improve the equilibrium of our streams and their ability to access their floodplains,” Moore said. EPA: Vermont on track to meet Lake Champlain cleanup targets 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z More cleanup is planned along 21 miles of floodplains. Flood raises fears of pollution at Michigan toxic waste site 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Dubuque, Iowa, restored a Mississippi tributary creek and floodplain paved over a century earlier. Battered by floods, U.S. river communities try new remedies 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z By definition, floodplains are naturally prone to flooding and erosion, making them risky locations for buildings. More Time Out in Nature is an Unexpected Benefit of the COVID-19 Sheltering Rules 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z The report attributes much of the responsibility for the rivers’ condition to the Army Corps of Engineers and state and local agencies tasked with managing the floodplain. Portions of Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Are Most Endangered in U.S. 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Under the rules of the insurance program, homes that are badly damaged must be rebuilt according to the latest floodplain rules, including elevating the ground floor to at least the height of an expected flood. Cities Widely Ignore Federal Flood Protection Rules, With Few Penalties 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Newport council refused planning permission amid flooding concerns and the loss of a natural floodplain. 'Stop building homes on flood plains' calls 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z But the floodplain awaiting this year’s surge is part of a changing picture, altered from just a few decades ago. Battered by floods, U.S. river communities try new remedies 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The company certainly didn’t seem to care about the floodplain at the back of Ellingwood’s property. A $60 Billion Housing Grab by Wall Street 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The Mid Pripyat Reserve covers 120km of the river and is designed to protect the largest area of natural river floodplain in Europe. The race to save Polesia, Europe's secret Amazon 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z “Not all minus-rated policies represent a failure to comply with local floodplain ordinances,” Ms. Sears said, using FEMA’s term for properties that are too low. Cities Widely Ignore Federal Flood Protection Rules, With Few Penalties 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Many of the 3.8 million U.S. homes in high-risk flood zones “are overvalued,” and floodplain development “likely exceeds what would be observed if asset prices fully reflected information about flood risk,” the study found. Homes in U.S. Flood Zones Are Vastly Overvalued 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The proposals include evaluating what infrastructure might be vulnerable to the effects of climate change, such as expanding floodplains, and using active forest management to reduce the number of areas that are prone to wildfire. Council makes recommendations to address climate change 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Deziel said in a statement that the agreement protects human health and the environment and “ensures that the Housatonic River and its floodplain are restored and preserved as an asset to the community and wildlife.” Agreement will help speed cleanup of the Housatonic River 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Winter floods are also becoming more frequent, with less flooding in spring, causing large areas of floodplain meadows, marshes, old lakes, wet oak and black alder forests to dry out. The race to save Polesia, Europe's secret Amazon 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Rachel Sears, director of FEMA’s floodplain management division, said her office’s strategy was to avoid “immediately pursuing” penalties, and to instead encourage towns and cities to do better. Cities Widely Ignore Federal Flood Protection Rules, With Few Penalties 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Undisturbed river deltas are diverse ecosystems that encompass tidal wetlands and floodplains. Human activities have changed the shapes of river deltas 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The floods followed a century of factories dumping mercury and other toxins into the river, and developers building on its floodplains. Rebuilding a bridge over Danbury’s once troubled waters 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z It represents a rare natural wetland community known as the montane floodplain slough forest, which is rated as critically impaired and also provides habitat for the significantly rare lax manna-grass population. North Carolina wetlands area could receive state protection 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The company was among several whose paper mills dumped toxic PCBs into the river and floodplains from the 1950s to the 1970s. Officials extend comment period on Kalamazoo River cleanup 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z “Pinellas County has a very active floodplain management program,” Ms. Foster said in a statement. Cities Widely Ignore Federal Flood Protection Rules, With Few Penalties 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The bones became lodged in the floodplain after being washed downriver, but how the individuals died is unknown. First human ancestors to leave Africa died out in Java, scientists say 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z And the character of floodplains depends on how rivers form and evolve. The Real Riverworld 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z The removal of tainted soils in several floodplain spots is also funded under the deal. Company to pay $245M toward cleanup of Kalamazoo River PCBs 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The deal with NCR will pay for cleanup of floodplain soils and dredging of river sediments. Officials extend comment period on Kalamazoo River cleanup 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Without flood insurance, a homeowner in a floodplain can’t obtain a federally backed mortgage, which is what can make a property hard to sell. Cities Widely Ignore Federal Flood Protection Rules, With Few Penalties 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z For example, the plant and insect traces inside confirm what many paleontologists already hypothesized: that some hadrosaurs, including the 9 meter-long Prosaurolophus, fed on conifers near coastal floodplains. ‘Remarkable’ fossil features an insect trapped in amber, stuck to a dinosaur jaw 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The well-drained soils of a floodplain are more likely to result in trees that are good for basketry: straight, supple, and relatively free of knots. How an invasive pest threatens a Native American tradition 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z That pressure is colliding with development, which provides jobs, homes and taxes but which also can increase the future risk of disaster as construction spreads into floodplains or forests that are prone to calamity. As Climate Risk Grows, Cities Test a Tough Strategy: Saying ‘No’ to Developers 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z "We have a huge amount of locked-in flood risk. If you were to never develop again on the floodplains, you'd freeze development in many major cities," he explained. 'Alarm' over winter flood prospects in England 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z “It’s in the interest of everyone to have communities that are enforcing strong floodplain management requirements — and that we have insured survivors.” Cities Widely Ignore Federal Flood Protection Rules, With Few Penalties 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Because all of the rivers in the Amazon flow from or into other rivers — and are often located in floodplains — it is all but impossible to isolate or contain contamination. Indigenous people blocked Ecuador oil auction in growing fight to save Amazon 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z High-value timber species are generally found in upland habitats, away from the floodplains and moving water where basket trees thrive. How an invasive pest threatens a Native American tradition 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z “The commission should require wireless facilities to provide backup battery power and generators for their wireless communications facilities located” in high fire threat zones and floodplains, the office said in a filing. Mass cellphone outages during blackouts and fires are a grim preview of life after a major earthquake 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Mr Curtin encouraged people living on or near floodplains to sign up for Environment Agency flood warnings - only half of people living in these areas had done so to date, he said. 'Alarm' over winter flood prospects in England 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Sixteen mammal species were discovered, with skulls and other bones fossilized after being buried in rivers and floodplains. Post-apocalyptic fossils show rise of mammals after dinosaur demise 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z It creates diverse habitats and allows sediment to flow, fertilizing the floodplains and rejuvenating the riverbed. One of Europe’s last wild rivers is in danger of being tamed 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It creates diverse habitats and allows sediment to flow, fertilizing the floodplains and rejuvenating the riverbed. One of Europe’s last wild rivers is in danger of being tamed 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Project maps from 2018, also obtained by the Sierra Club and first published by the McAllen-based newspaper the Monitor, suggest the fence would cross the floodplain. Trump’s Border Wall Could Cause Flooding in Texas 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Now more than 2,200 acres of choice river-bottom land five miles from downtown Augusta, the farm endured mud - from both its floodplain location and in mudslinging by others to take it, Thompson said. Augusta farm stands test of time 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The city hired HDR Inc. several years ago to study any repairs or upgrades the levee system might need to keep local property out of the 100-year floodplain under new Federal Emergency Management Agency guidelines. Wet weather slows Omaha-area levee repairs as winter nears 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z In the meantime, Kaw Valley envisions digging a huge pit on the farm, which sits in a floodplain. Sand mines booming in Kansas but neighbors object 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z And the agency’s National Flood Insurance Program offers cheaper insurance to those who live in floodplains, which critics argue incentivizes building homes in flood-prone areas. Builders profit, owners worry amid disaster-area development 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Crucial city agencies such as the New York City housing authority, which oversees public housing along the floodplain, lack its own vision and funding for resiliency. The sinking class: the New Yorkers left to fight the climate crisis alone 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Rules were relaxed in the 500-year floodplain to allow apartments that likely will be stranded if not flooded in future Floyds. North Carolina editorial roundup 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The authority’s executive director, Martin Blaney, says the old office at Trent Court was located in a floodplain and was beyond repair. Hurricane-damaged housing authority finally has new home 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z The Jefferson City News Tribune reports federal rules require properties in floodplains to be raised about flood elevation or protected from future flooding. Staff recommends demolishing Jefferson City airport terminal 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Levees remain a primary tool for protecting communities and floodplain agriculture nationwide. The Problem with Levees 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Their influence extends in multiple dimensions—not only along their length but belowground to aquifers and periodically into nearby floodplains. Humans Have Significantly Interrupted the Free Flow of Rivers 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The source of sand dredged from rivers is hard to pinpoint, compared with that of material dug from shallow river beds and floodplain quarries. Time is running out for sand 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Some of the layers probably represent a tidal environment like a mudflat, and others a floodplain. What We Can Learn from These Marvelous Out-of-Context Rocks 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z The river shows signs of scouring, deep channeling that prohibits it from utilizing the historic floodplains that were a characteristic before human impact. Restoration project planned in North Fork of Teanaway River 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z In reality, levees always leave what is called a "residual risk" of flooding in the protected area, and no floodplain resident should sleep at night believing that their flood risk is completely gone. The Problem with Levees 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The environmental assessment “does not include mapping of floodplain boundaries, nor any hydrologic modeling or analysis,” the response read. A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Some environmentalists criticise the farmers themselves for taking over natural floodplains that should be used to contain overflow from the rivers and protect towns along the Missouri. 'It has to be dealt with': what's the future for midwest towns affected by climate change? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The school has come under criticism for its decision to continue building in the floodplain, including a 1,000-bed dormitory near the water. How the University of Iowa Recovered From the ‘Unfathomable’ Flood That Ruined It 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Ms Howard Boyd warned that climate change and population growth in England meant that properties built in the floodplain will double over the next 50 years. UK flood planners 'must prepare for worst' 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z In addition, by excluding water from one portion of the floodplain, levees export flood risk to neighboring land on the opposite bank, upstream, and, to an extent, downstream as well. The Problem with Levees 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Dams fragment river systems, altering the natural flow regime and disconnecting channels from floodplains for long distances downstream. A river that flows free connects up in 4D 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Crossing rivers and floodplains is part of the daily commute. Riding with the gauchos of Argentina: a photo essay 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Dam projects already curtail fish catches that provide the main source of protein for millions of people in the floodplains of the Mekong River. Don’t let damage to wetlands cancel out the benefits of hydropower 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z An analysis by the magazine Governing found that the population growth within 100-year floodplains was faster than in areas outside flood zones. Perspective | Five myths about floods 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The National Flood Insurance Program has learned from painful experience that "repetitive loss" properties that have rebuilt in place time and again on U.S. floodplains require policy triggers to encourage mitigation alternatives. The Problem with Levees 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Such efforts could be invaluable for biodiversity conservation, for example, because measures of the intactness of rivers and floodplains can serve as signposts for habitat-protection programmes. A river that flows free connects up in 4D 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Wing and a colleague, Andrew Smith, spoke to ScienceInsider about the technical flaws in floodplain maps and their own efforts to create better global models of flood risk. Could computers provide short-term warnings of the world’s worst floods? 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z At the time of the impact, the Hell Creek landscape consisted of steamy, subtropical lowlands and floodplains along the shores of an inland sea. The Day the Dinosaurs Died 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z It is also inadvisable to build a wall in the floodplain adjacent to the river, because, well, it floods. How to make a difficult situation awful 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z But … each time that skies cloud over and rivers rise, what floodplain residents and their political representatives clamor for is more and bigger levees. The Problem with Levees 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The dig team will work through a range of ancient environments, including a river and floodplain setting; and another that appears to record a marine history. UK scientists to join 'Mission Jurassic' 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Elk that had previously browsed in open areas began to avoid them, and willows on streambanks and floodplains thrived. How a ‘landscape of fear’ transformed the ecosystem of this African wildlife park 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Government buyouts of flood-damaged homes are becoming more common in cities like Houston to eliminate risk for people in floodplains while reducing taxpayer costs to repair infrastructure like power and sewer lines. Leave No House Behind in Flood Buyout Programs, Group Says 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z The Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge encompasses a significant chunk of floodplain and adjacent ground where Trump’s great wall is to be built. How to make a difficult situation awful 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z It’s similar to the way in which a levee protects an area from small floods, encouraging development in the floodplain, making people newly vulnerable to big floods. Do Dams Increase Water Use? 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Instead, she envisions the park as a floodplain, slowing and absorbing rising waters with salt-tolerant Juniper and sumac trees her volunteers have already planted. To Save East River Park, the City Intends to Bury It 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The project stalled after a group of upstream landowners, joined by the state of Minnesota, claimed the project would flood private property and violate Minnesota’s floodplain laws. From Dams to Coastal Barriers: How the U.S. Is Fighting Flooding in 2019 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The lawsuit was filed three days after Nelson County’s Board of Zoning Appeals denied the company’s variance requests for floodplain crossings. Atlantic Coast Pipeline sues Virginia county over zoning 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The EPA says PCB contamination was extensive in soil, sediment, landfills and paper mill properties as well as in the Kalamazoo River, adjacent riverbanks, contiguous floodplains, and a stretch of Portage Creek. EPA puts Michigan Superfund site on immediate action list 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Practically speaking, that won’t work: In the United States, we build and rebuild on earthquake faults, in tsunami zones, in Tornado Alley, along the hurricane-plagued Gulf Coast and in floodplains. Opinion | What the Dutch Can Teach Us About Wildfires 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “There is a silver lining, though,” said Uwe Henning, 59, who was strolling on a wide meadow near the river that serves as a floodplain a few months each year. Drought has hit Europe's Rhine River and its commerce hard: 'Everyone's hoping for rain' - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The former London fund manager and marketing executive now dedicates his time and his camera to promoting the animals' conservation, walking with three packs as they roam the floodplain of the Zambezi River. The 'painted wolves' of Zimbabwe 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The lawsuit seeks a judgment stating the Natural Gas Act pre-empts the county’s floodplain ordinance. Atlantic Coast Pipeline sues Virginia county over zoning 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Proposed projects must disclose whether they are located in a 100-year floodplain. Hurricane-Damaged Air Force Base Has an Opportunity to Rebuild for Resilience 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z But the board has left the door open to relaxing those requirements if water users agree to other measures to improve fish conditions, such as expanding floodplains and restoring habitat. State board again delays vote on contentious river plan - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z People who live along the Mekong River and on the floodplain will be particularly affected because the local fish they consume also rely on migratory riverine species for prey. Dams threaten world’s largest inland fishery 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z “I propose to you that these storm events, these weather events—and I’m a state-certified floodplain manager—are going to get worse. Regardless of why that is, all the science points that way.” “Local Politics Is Nice Politics”: Small-Town Concerns and National Implications in New York’s Nineteenth District 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z She lives in one of 3,863 public housing units located in the floodplain of North Carolina. Two Hurricanes Lay Bare the Vulnerability of America's Poor 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z If a new project is within that floodplain, it needs to have a risk mitigation plan and buildings must be located at least 2 feet above the base flood elevation. Hurricane-Damaged Air Force Base Has an Opportunity to Rebuild for Resilience 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z It requires that all new homes, as well as those being expanded by 33 percent or more, must be built 2 feet above the 500-year floodplain. Higher Rainfall Estimates Could Alter Construction Plans 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z While wealthy Arizonans flee the desert for cooler climes, ‘climate gentrification’ is also affecting hipster Red Hook, exposed on New York City’s floodplain. Tuesday US briefing: third Kavanaugh accuser may come forward 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z After the town flooded three times in 10 years, Mazomanie cleaned out the floodplain, taking out truckloads of trees and debris year after year, mostly with volunteers. What happens when you buy a house in a disaster zone – and no one told you? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Land in the floodplain is cheaper and more available, suffering from a history of disinvestment, said Mustafa Santiago Ali, a former EPA official who now leads environmental justice efforts for the Hip Hop Caucus. Two Hurricanes Lay Bare the Vulnerability of America's Poor 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z It turned out that, storm or no storm, there were people in New York City and beyond who were willing to pay more than $1m for the chance to live on a floodplain. Red Hook: the hip New York enclave caught between gentrification and climate change 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Harris County commissioners recently earmarked $14.5 million for updated floodplain maps that will provide a more accurate picture of the Houston metro area’s flood risk. Higher Rainfall Estimates Could Alter Construction Plans 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z In North Carolina, the Real Estate Commission must disclose that a property is located within a federally designated flood zone, which is based on hundred-year floodplains. Your future home could be in a flood zone — and no one’s required to tell you 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z “If you knew that a place is in the floodplain – OK, you wouldn’t buy that place,” Timm says. What happens when you buy a house in a disaster zone – and no one told you? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z About 10 percent of North Carolina’s public housing units are in the known floodplain, making it emblematic of the U.S., according to New York University’s Furman Center. Two Hurricanes Lay Bare the Vulnerability of America's Poor 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The geographer Gilbert F. White, known as the father of floodplain management, wrote in 1942 that “floods are ‘acts of God,’ but flood losses are largely acts of man.” Humans Are Making Hurricanes Worse. Here’s How. 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z In Austin, the city’s Watershed Protection Department initiated its own floodplain management reforms early this month. Higher Rainfall Estimates Could Alter Construction Plans 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z “By not looking at the future effects of climate change on flooding, like sea-level rise and bigger rain events contributing to bigger floodplains, you’re not getting the full picture.” Your future home could be in a flood zone — and no one’s required to tell you 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Thirteen years ago, when she and her husband Steve bought the Missouri property in a foreclosure sale, Hayes vaguely knew that it was in a 100-year floodplain. What happens when you buy a house in a disaster zone – and no one told you? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Actual susceptibility to flooding is probably even greater, as climate change and development render floodplain maps outdated. Two Hurricanes Lay Bare the Vulnerability of America's Poor 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z But environmental groups are calling for the industry to relocate lagoons in floodplains to lessen the risks during major storms going forward. Florence Flooding Hits North Carolina Hog Farms Hard 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z But at the same time, the county has run a rolling and aggressive buyback program that has moved roughly 700 families and 450 structures out of the county’s floodplains. ‘It’s Back’: Underwater Yet Again, the Carolinas Face a New Reality 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Pawpaws grow abundantly on the Potomac River’s floodplains, not just along the Paw Paw Bends under which the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal folks tunneled. Opinion | Pledges for pawpaw season 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z In Houston, some people lived inside a “flood pool”, an area used for emergency inundation, but beyond the boundaries of the floodplain itself. What happens when you buy a house in a disaster zone – and no one told you? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z That public housing ended up in the floodplain is an extension of those policies, said Andrew Kahrl, a historian and professor of African-American studies at the University of Virginia. Two Hurricanes Lay Bare the Vulnerability of America's Poor 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Edwards said the storm will renew calls to relocate about 60 existing hog farms and associated waste lagoons from floodplains. Florence Flooding Hits North Carolina Hog Farms Hard 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z “If you live in a floodplain and planned on staying, you might need to reevaluate,” said Joel Cline, a North Carolina native and meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center. Now a tropical storm, Florence spreads watery mayhem across Carolina 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Among the Superfund sites most at risk from Florence is Horton Iron and Metal, a former shipbreaking operation and fertilizer manufacturing site in a low-lying floodplain along the Cape Fear River outside Wilmington, North Carolina. Toxic waste sites in Florence’s path under close watch 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Many homes in both states outside the federally designated 100-year floodplain are still drying out; for them, disclosure requirements and their consequences are murky at best. What happens when you buy a house in a disaster zone – and no one told you? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Ideally, one would prefer that people don’t buy homes in areas prone to earthquakes, or construct new developments near the floodplains of New Orleans or Houston. Central bankers as “dealers of last resort” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The team headed for the floodplain forest near Germersheim, playing Indiana Jones. Treasure Hunter Searches Rhine River—for a Steam Engine 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z In some ways, their plight resembles that of homeowners in floodplains without flood insurance and in Gulf states without hurricane insurance. Kilauea gives Hawaii homeowners insurance lessons 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z It’s easy to think in a geological time scale in the traditional Assiniboine wintering grounds, where the floodplains meet the highland valleys where tyrannosauruses once roamed, now submerged beneath the reservoir. The fight to save clean water on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Hayes refuses to sell her piece of the floodplain to a private buyer. What happens when you buy a house in a disaster zone – and no one told you? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Dredging up that sand causes great harm to the environment, including to floodplains where sand normally serves as a buffer against storms. Review | Burning Man is just one of the many strange wonders of desert life 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z “We already guide our building and our development with floodplain maps, for example,” Moritz said. Warming Is Worsening Wildfires, But Not Everywhere or Every Time 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z “The real estate’s cheap because it’s in a floodplain,” he said, and local governments like the tax revenue from new development. Flood thy neighbor: Who stays dry and who decides? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z That’s because floodwater that would normally flow to the outer reaches of the floodplain—including downtown Valley Park—is being displaced and redistributed to other areas. A Levee That Saves One Town Could Imperil Another 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Then new people—those who can afford higher flood insurance premiums and the building costs of living in a floodplain—are likely to move in, replacing those who can no longer afford to stay. Surrendering to Rising Seas 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z In place of water cutbacks, San Francisco and the other major diverters have proposed restoration efforts such as rebuilding gravel beds for spawning, control of salmon predators and creation of floodplain habitat. Water wars head upstream as state considers cutbacks for senior Central Valley irrigation districts 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z That number is expected to grow significantly since California voters last month approved Proposition 68, which includes $300 million for floodplain projects in the Central Valley. California Is Preparing for Extreme Weather. It’s Time to Plant Some Trees. 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z By taking up space that would otherwise hold water during a flood, new buildings inside the floodplain drive the river higher. Flood thy neighbor: Who stays dry and who decides? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z “The problem is you’re not only walling off the river from people, you’re also walling it off from its natural floodplain,” he added. A Levee That Saves One Town Could Imperil Another 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The “build it back stronger” sentiment never resonated with Coleman, who lived not on the state’s iconic barrier islands but in a suburban tidal floodplain bisected by 12 lanes of interstate highway. Surrendering to Rising Seas 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Today, the Scott resembles a postindustrial sacrifice zone, its once lush floodplain buried under heaps of mine tailings. Beaver dams without beavers? Artificial logjams are a popular but controversial restoration tool 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z MODESTO, Calif. — For years, there has been a movement in California to restore floodplains, by moving levees back from rivers and planting trees, shrubs and grasses in the low-lying land between. California Is Preparing for Extreme Weather. It’s Time to Plant Some Trees. 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Now, every time he drives past new construction sites in the floodplain, he envisions the river near his home rising another fraction of an inch. Flood thy neighbor: Who stays dry and who decides? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z One of these approaches involves drafting a new floodplain management plan for the lower basin to help guide land-use planning and development. A Levee That Saves One Town Could Imperil Another 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z She came to see the Watson-Crampton buyout project as a unique opportunity: she could create a floodplain restoration that buffered the remaining neighborhood from sea-level rise. Surrendering to Rising Seas 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z And, like a plant seeking sunlight, the stream bed began climbing out of its trench, spilling water onto floodplains. Beaver dams without beavers? Artificial logjams are a popular but controversial restoration tool 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z No floodplain would help in such a disaster, but projects like Dos Rios can lessen some of the impacts of smaller floods. California Is Preparing for Extreme Weather. It’s Time to Plant Some Trees. 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Valley Park had hundreds of homes and valuable public services — its police station, fire station, city hall and schools — in the lowest part of the floodplain. Flood thy neighbor: Who stays dry and who decides? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The council is composed of officials representing several state agencies who will partner with local governments, colleges, federal agencies, nonprofits and private organizations for more comprehensive floodplain management. Edwards creates council seeking regional watershed approach 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z “What we’re doing here is paving the way for conversations about how to manage retreat,” says Thomas C. Flynn, the town’s floodplain manager. Surrendering to Rising Seas 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Houston officials this year passed an ordinance requiring certain dwellings to be raised to the 500-year floodplain level plus two feet. Houston still rebuilding from 2017 floods as new hurricane season... 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z But in addition to recreating the past, floodplain restoration is increasingly seen as a way of coping with the future — one of human-induced climate change. California Is Preparing for Extreme Weather. It’s Time to Plant Some Trees. 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Development outside the floodplain, on higher ground, worsens flooding in a different way. Flood thy neighbor: Who stays dry and who decides? 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z The eye-popping artifacts, unveiled on Wednesday in Nature, were abandoned on a river floodplain on the island of Luzon beside the butchered carcass of a rhinoceros. 700,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Point to Mysterious Human Relative 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The town warned these “holdouts” that if they ever wanted to sell, their houses would first need to meet new floodplain standards—which would likely mean elevating them higher. Surrendering to Rising Seas 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Walking the tract, Benavides said that a wall would be a logistical nightmare in the floodplain, that the Border Patrol would be better off investing the money in manpower. The great test for Trump's border wall: Texas' Rio Grande Valley 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z By allowing water to sweep over its acreage, a floodplain can reduce the river level in a nearby community. California Is Preparing for Extreme Weather. It’s Time to Plant Some Trees. 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Many colonias, which feature a mix of ramshackle shacks and modest brick homes, are built in floodplains. Precarious Life of Texas Farmworkers Becomes Riskier With Warming 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z With little leeway to meander and limited floodplain to spread over, the waters of the Mississippi in places are corralled into a relatively narrow chute, making peak flows higher than they would be otherwise. Taming the Mighty Mississippi May Have Caused Bigger Floods 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z She recalls her attorney waving it off by saying that at the rate we’re going, everyone in New Jersey will live in a floodplain. Surrendering to Rising Seas 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Some are in floodplains or lack heat or air conditioning. Opinion | America’s Deathtrap Schools 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Sometimes the goal is for the floodwater to slow down, as this can reduce downstream levels even more than floodplains alone. California Is Preparing for Extreme Weather. It’s Time to Plant Some Trees. 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Here in the fertile floodplains of the Rio Grande Valley, the average temperature is creeping upward, according to the latest National Climate Assessment. Precarious Life of Texas Farmworkers Becomes Riskier With Warming 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Ramalho says that understanding this behavior is further evidence supporting the need to preserve the Amazon floodplain. Brazil jaguars find safe haven from floods in rainforest trees 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z “When our floodplains flood, which is only every couple of years, these birds come together in the hundreds of thousands to breed,” Dr. Brandis said. Where Do Birds Flock Together? Australians Are Mailing In Feathers to Help Find Out 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Rapid population growth, building on floodplains or low-lying coastal regions, and climate change are the biggest reasons why flooding is affecting more people and causing ever greater damage, warns Gleick. From Not Enough to Too Much, the World’s Water Crisis Explained 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z As a result, from China to Jamaica, from Liberia to India, sand miners are plundering riverbeds, floodplains, and beaches for the precious grains. Dramatic Photos Show How Sand Mining Threatens a Way of Life in Southeast Asia 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s designed to protect nearby areas from flooding and allow development of a major part of downtown currently in the floodplain. Officials say Austin downtown tunnel not built correctly 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Whether in strata laid down by oceans, rivers, or floodplains, ankylosaurs are often found upside down. The Amazing, Inflatable Ankylosaur 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Many are located on floodplains, in dry areas or on coasts. Six research priorities for cities and climate change 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z It says it might also provide help for activities that affect historic properties, wetlands or the floodplain. FEMA making assistance available due to fall Maine windstorm 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Diluvicursor roamed a forested broad rift valley floodplain between Australia and Antarctica, which remained connected until about 45 million years ago. Fossil of dinosaur swept away in ancient Australian river found 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z We must manage Columbia River dams for healthier river flows and water quality, help struggling fish and wildlife, restore passage for salmon, and reconnect rivers to floodplains. Columbia River Treaty talks offer hope for river, native peoples 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Methane emissions from floodplains in the Amazon Basin: Challenges in developing a process-based model for global applications. Large emissions from floodplain trees close the Amazon methane budget 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z “That was before I became the city’s floodplain manager.” Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z This mapping project includes areas across the US that are on river floodplains and those at risk of flash floods associated with heavy rainfall. US flood risk 'severely underestimated' 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Diluvicursor roamed a forested broad rift valley floodplain between Australia and Antarctica, which remained connected until about 45 million years ago. Fossil of dinosaur swept away in ancient Australian river found 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z We must manage dams for healthier river flows and water quality, help struggling fish and wildlife, restore passage for salmon now blocked by dams, and reconnect rivers to floodplains. Columbia River Treaty talks offer hope for river, native peoples 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z It includes soil and sediment tainted with PCBs in landfills, paper mill properties, about 80 miles of the Kalamazoo River, adjacent riverbanks and contiguous floodplains, as well as a three-mile stretch of Portage Creek. Kalamazoo Superfund site on US list for accelerated cleanup 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Such losses suggest something is awry, floodplain managers and researchers said. Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z This area with 1% chance of flooding every year - also called the 100-year floodplain - is nationally recognised as the area of high flooding risk. US flood risk 'severely underestimated' 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z It includes soil and sediment tainted with PCBs in landfills, paper mill properties, about 80 miles of the Kalamazoo River, adjacent riverbanks and contiguous floodplains, as well as a three-mile stretch of Portage Creek. Kalamazoo Superfund site on US list for accelerated cleanup 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z But there, too, the river has been allowed to return to parts of its old floodplain, bringing deposits of nutrient-rich sediment that revitalize the food web. A day on floating on Oregon’s Willamette River 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The department said more than 30,500 structures sitting within the city’s floodplains took on some flooding from the hurricane and the heavy rains that followed, the Houston Chronicle reported. Houston residents may need to raise homes after Harvey 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z “Honestly, we have never really dealt with floodplain management,” she said. Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Officially, Sandbranch’s woes stem from being small, unincorporated and situated on a floodplain area that restricts new development. 'America's dirty little secret': the Texas town that has been without running water for decades 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Most of the planning for floods happens at the state and local level, with officials making decisions about where to build homes or how high to elevate buildings in floodplains. Trump Ignores Climate Change. That’s Very Bad for Disaster Planners. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The investments that have been made so far include money for long-term maintenance, ensuring that the progress made toward restoring natural floodplain function and bringing back fish and wildlife habitat won’t be lost to neglect. A day on floating on Oregon’s Willamette River 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Since 1983, Washington has set the insurance rates, mapped the floodplains, written the rules and borne all of the risk. A Broke, and Broken, Flood Insurance Program 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z By the time the storm hit, they had not yet inspected half of those properties to see if they complied with floodplain codes. Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Drilling cores into a depression east of this complex in 2009–14, the team hit a hard surface below the estimated level of the Nile Valley floodplain in that dynasty. Archaeology: The wonder of the pyramids : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z As a native Floridian, with family roots reaching back more than 100 years in this state, I've seen the growth in floodplains and on fragile beaches. Trump Ignores Climate Change. That’s Very Bad for Disaster Planners. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The plan involves purchasing homes in floodplains in unincorporated areas that were heavily damaged in the storm. Texas county to spend $20M to buy out Harvey-flooded homes 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z While the government program insures more than five million homeowners, that is just a small fraction of the number of people who live on floodplains. A Broke, and Broken, Flood Insurance Program 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z “Honestly, we have never really dealt with floodplain management,” she said. Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Harris County officials said stringent floodplain management requirements resulted in fewer homes near the reservoirs getting flooded during Harvey. Texas homeowners: We weren’t warned about flooding risks 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z In the wake of Harvey, basic design and floodplain development parameters, like the 100-year flood, are being acknowledged as fundamentally flawed. 6 rules for rebuilding infrastructure in an era of "unprecedented" weather events 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The rain dumped on the Houston area by Harvey has been called “unprecedented,” making engineering and floodplain design standards look outdated at best and irresponsible at worst. 6 Rules for Rebuilding After Harvey and Irma 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z One measure proposed by the Trump administration is for the government to stop writing coverage on newly built houses on floodplains, starting in 2021. A Broke, and Broken, Flood Insurance Program 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z “That was before I became the city’s floodplain manager.” Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z But because they are not in the 100-year floodplain, the homeowners will probably be ineligible for any kind of government buyout, Hebert said. Texas homeowners: We weren’t warned about flooding risks 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z In 2016, Coast Smart’s efforts included grant assistance to help restore floodplains, reinforce beaches and protect marsh lands that can serve as a flood buffer during storms. Is Maryland ready for the next big storm? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z While floodplain management has made advances since then, the impact of development and infrastructure design is still often considered on a piecemeal basis. 6 Rules for Rebuilding After Harvey and Irma 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z So the program was surveying floodplains, then calculating an “average annual loss” for all the houses there. A Broke, and Broken, Flood Insurance Program 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z By the time the storm hit, they had not yet inspected half of those properties to see if they complied with floodplain codes. Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z In Houston much of the damage occurred outside the floodplain, so many properties may be completely uncovered, and left relying on ad hoc federal relief. Hurricane Harvey has exposed the inadequacy of flood insurance 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z But many US cities are still developing close to low-lying coastal and riverine areas with barely a nod to what floodplains actually do. After the storm: how should cities rebuild post hurricanes like Harvey and Irma? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z In the wake of Harvey, basic design and floodplain development parameters, like the 100-year flood, are being acknowledged as fundamentally flawed. 6 Rules for Rebuilding After Harvey and Irma 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Like Houston, Chennai is built on flat coastal floodplains. Viewpoint: Why poor planning leads to floods in Chennai and Houston - BBC News 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Such losses suggest something is awry, floodplain managers and researchers said. Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z They got a good price because of its so-called “100-year floodplain” location – a risk estimated at a 1% chance in any given year. After Harvey, it's clear the secret of Houston's success has also been its downfall 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z “In Houston and elsewhere we’ve encroached upon our floodplains and we aren’t leaving any natural environment to slow the flood waters,” said Knight. After the storm: how should cities rebuild post hurricanes like Harvey and Irma? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z We also found that about 20 percent of these properties were located outside the designated “100 year” floodplains, areas where the chance of a flood in any given year is predicted to be 1 percent. Perspective | We already knew how to reduce damage from floods. We just didn’t do it. 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z In Chennai the Manali industrial area - home to a huge petroleum refinery and dozens of petrochemical companies - falls squarely within Kosasthalai's floodplains. Viewpoint: Why poor planning leads to floods in Chennai and Houston - BBC News 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Their titanic bulk was adapted to the land, a life of feeding on ferns and conifers as they stamped across ancient floodplains and through primordial forests. A Dinosaur's Burial at Sea 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Such increases are chiefly due to a combination of climate change and people spreading into vulnerable areas, especially coasts and floodplains. 2017 could see the most billion-dollar weather disasters in US history 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Instead, they allow new construction, paving over floodplains, denuding forests and testing river banks. A singular storm in Houston; a recurring nightmare in Mumbai 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The nation’s floodplain organizations, at the same time, pleaded with city leaders to heed these warnings and act. Perspective | We already knew how to reduce damage from floods. We just didn’t do it. 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z In fact it's something they did routinely in the South American floodplains they originated in. Floating fire ants form rafts in Houston floodwaters - BBC News 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z After a daring two-and-a-half hour descent to the surface of the moon Titan in 2005, Huygens sent back snapshots of a frozen floodplain littered with rocks. Cassini’s 13 years of stunning Saturn science — in pictures 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Hailing from the floodplains of the Paraguay river in South America, the ants are accustomed to flood-prone environments. Flotillas of fire ants add new layer of horror to post-Harvey flood havoc 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Many of the inundated homes in the Houston area aren’t located on fragile coastlines, but in suburban subdivisions that are outside the floodplains where home lenders typically require flood insurance coverage. Federal flood insurance program in limbo on Capitol Hill as Harvey’s toll mounts 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z According to the analysis, the average distance between the facilities to a 100-year floodplain in Harris County was 44 feet, compared with more than 2,000 feet in nearby Galveston and Chambers counties. Houston’s polluted Superfund sites threaten to contaminate floodwaters 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z “That should never have been built,” Jacob said of the nursing home that sits across the street from the floodplain boundary. How ‘Wild West’ growth may have contributed to devastating flood in Houston 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z On Aug. 15, days before the Texas storm, he signed an executive order revoking an Obama-era rule requiring projects built in coastal floodplains that receive federal aid to account for the impacts of sea-level rise. EPA says climate scientists trying to 'politicize' Texas storm 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The Federal Emergency Management Agency issues maps showing 100-year floodplains, and bases flood insurance rates on those. Homeowners (and Taxpayers) Face Billions in Losses From Harvey Flooding 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z “So many of these courses are built in floodplains designed to be runoffs when floods happen,” Fuston said. Flooded golf courses part of Hurricane Harvey devastation - Golf Digest 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z The average distance to a 500-year floodplain in Harris County was about 70 feet, compared with more than 3,700 feet in Galveston County and 2,300 feet in Chambers County. Houston’s polluted Superfund sites threaten to contaminate floodwaters 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z In a place famous for its lack of building zone regulations, thousands of homes are located in floodplains and next to bayous and creeks. Hurricane Harvey death toll rises as Houston faces 'historic' flooding 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z On Aug. 15, days before the Texas storm, he signed an executive order revoking an Obama-era rule requiring projects built in coastal floodplains that receive federal aid to account for the impacts of sea-level rise. EPA says climate scientists trying to 'politicize' Texas storm 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z That would be worrying news for homeowners in places such as Houston, where thousands of homes stand on floodplains and several neighbourhoods were hit by severe flooding in spring storms in 2015 and 2016. Texas braces for Hurricane Harvey as Trump administration faces a major test 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z North Dakota has wrangled with federal authorities over the $38 million bill since the last holdouts were cleared from the Army Corps of Engineers-managed floodplain in February as part of the $1.1 million cleanup effort. Feds chip in $10M toward $38M policing tab from Dakota Access pipeline protest 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z It was generally, the report concluded, caused by "the growing occupation of floodplains, increased runoff from hard surfaces, inadequate waste management and silted up drainage" - all factors said to contribute to the problem in Freetown. Freetown: A disaster waiting to happen? - BBC News 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z A United States-Mexico treaty prohibits building a wall or levee in the Rio Grande floodplain, so the map shows the wall being built well north of the river. In South Texas, Threat of Border Wall Unites Naturalists and Politicians 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z The county’s floodplain coordinator told Levy that notifying potential tenants of a flood risk is recommended but not required. Tampa Bay is due for a major hurricane. It is not prepared. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z But building along the Rio Grande presents a range of engineering and other challenges, including a 1970 treaty with Mexico that could restrict construction in the floodplain. Trump administration is looking at a wildlife refuge in Rio Grande Valley for its first portion of border wall 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is getting $370,000 to remove two damns on the Bellamy River to allow fish to swim upstream to spawning habitats and restore 21 acres of floodplain wetlands. Shaheen, Hassan announce grants for coastal protection 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z For one, town leaders discovered earlier this month that most of Nichols officially lies in a floodplain, a designation that ratchets up rebuilding costs. South Carolina town fights for its life after disaster 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Much of the border barrier would cross private property, snaking through floodplains and over mountains. Border wall prototypes could start going up in late summer, U.S. official says 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Three million is available for projects that include the restoration of floodplains and stream banks and dam removals, among other things. DEM offering $6.4M in grants to help improve water quality 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z It is composed of remnants of historic floodplains and human-made landscapes influenced by agriculture and human settlements. UN Announces 23 New Nature Reserves While U.S. Removes 17 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z At eye level there are multiple ecosystems including forests, wetlands and floodplain; striking river outcrops; and nine species of endangered or threatened plants. Travilah Station townhouses in North Potomac, Md., will have two-car garages and elevators 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Its vast floodplains coaxed people in for agriculture. A New Formula to Help Tame China’s Yellow River 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Taylor’s base was six miles behind the front, among the lush floodplains of the Euphrates. 'Hundreds of us will die in Raqqa’: the women fighting Isis 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Much of that tract was elevated from the floodplain for the construction of what is now the coal-fired Seward Generating Station. 40 years after flood, former Robindale residents reunite 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z The site comprises deserts, riparian forests and floodplains of the Ili River, deciduous and spruce forests as well as salt marshes. UN Announces 23 New Nature Reserves While U.S. Removes 17 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Today, the area stretches with ranch homes and water-restricted lawns; way back then, it was a broad floodplain with a single shallow ribbon of water winding through it. Did Humans Arrive in America a Hundred Thousand Years Earlier Than We Thought? 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Low returns of chinook to the Dungeness River are directly tied to the loss of floodplain productivity because of levee construction and flood impacts. Tribal fisheries will see cutbacks on salmon seasons due to expected poor salmon forecasts 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Anna Roosevelt, a great-granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt, who is an archeologist at the University of Illinois, has discovered, along the floodplains of the Amazon, buried settlements that may be eleven thousand years old. The Lost City of Z 2005-09-12T04:00:00Z Plans to build another 14 miles were abandoned because an international treaty restricts building in the floodplain, said Scott Nicol, co-chair of the Borderlands Team for the Sierra Club. Families who've owned their South Texas land for centuries fear orders to make room for border wall 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z The floodplain includes alluvial forests, marshes, reed beds, freshwater habitats, alluvial wetlands, as well as flood-protected forests. UN Announces 23 New Nature Reserves While U.S. Removes 17 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z And yet the city continued to spread into the floodplains west of downtown. Years of warnings preceded deadly flood in southern Colombia 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z People who live, work or build in floodplains like West Chelsea and elsewhere say they cannot be so dismissive. Preparing for the Future Using Lessons From Hurricane Sandy 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z When the waters rose, they would now be shunted into an unpopulated expanse known as the Yolo Bypass, a floodplain roughly equivalent in size to twenty Central Parks. California’s Drought May Be Over, But Its Water Troubles Aren’t 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Examples of nature-based solutions that respect these three criteria include coastal management to mitigate the effects of climate change, and restoration of floodplains to reduce the risk of downstream flooding. Nature-based solutions: criteria : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z By studying the 5-day period before and after known floods, they noticed that as a flood builds, the water-related tags are used more often with directly flood-related words like “flood” and “floodplain.” Flickr tags could help predict floods 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Thousands of protesters, tons of garbage and nearly 750 arrests later, the Dakota Access pipeline occupation wrapped up Thursday as law enforcement cleared stragglers from the floodplain in preparation for the massive clean-up ahead. Dakota Access pipeline camp cleared of protesters 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z In a 100-year floodplain, that equates to a 26 percent chance of flooding over a 30-year mortgage, the city’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency noted. Preparing for the Future Using Lessons From Hurricane Sandy 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Most of the 200-300 remaining protesters met the Wednesday deadline to leave the camp, located in a floodplain on federal land, but video posted on social media sites showed several dozen resisting calls to evacuate. Police arrest 33 Dakota Access ‘rogue protesters’ refusing to leave trash-strewn camp 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Thursday so that the clean-up effort can resume, an enormous project that has taken on new urgency as water in the floodplain on federal land continues to rise. Dakota Access protesters set 20 fires during evacuation, two children burned 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The area is known as Yuba County Levee District 10, which was formed in 1909 to make the floodplain available to farmers. 'Flood fighting is in our DNA': To live by the Feather River is to know its power and danger 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z For those who live in its shadow, however, the dam’s main virtue — besides luring summertime boaters and campers to the lake behind it — is to protect the town, and the vast floodplain below it. Life below Oroville Dam: Stoicism, faith ... and cars poised for a fast getaway 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z |
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