How to Build a Flood-Resilient Community
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![Illustration: united states floating in water with rain drops; small houses in puddles and houses underwater on the right and bottom center of the country]()
How inland America is adapting to high water
We spoke with community leaders, government officials, and residents all across “flyover country” about how they’re protecting their hometowns.
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Is there a moral obligation to disclose that your house has flooded?
Home sellers have the power to make neighborhoods more flood-resilient. But it’ll cost them.
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![Illustration: Various people carrying trees, shovels, and bags on a sidewalk in front of rows of white houses with bright trim colors, a church steeple rising into a cloudy blue sky behind them. The illustration is framed by a dark overlay with raindrops at the top, and flooded streets at the bottom.]()
![Illustration: Various people carrying trees, shovels, and bags on a sidewalk in front of rows of white houses with bright trim colors, a church steeple rising into a cloudy blue sky behind them. The illustration is framed by a dark overlay with raindrops at the top, and flooded streets at the bottom.]()
How New Orleans neighborhoods are using nature to reduce flooding
Flood resilience takes a village — and a lot less concrete.
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