The cost of flooding in the USA is high. We’ve seen it, and we constantly read about it in the news. A recent survey of flood risk for commercial real estate is not encouraging.
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Your Beachfront Dream Just Got More Expensive
FEMA has decided that homeowners should pay their way and the agency has incorporated climate change risk into flood insurance premiums next year.
Evaluating Flood Risk is Not One of Our Strong Points
Stop, Look, Pay Attention, Have a Plan Hurricanes are synonymous with flooding, and the National Weather Service tracks them from when they form to their final dissipation, so why are we constantly surprised by the flooding? Ida blew in off the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 4 storm, and news warnings accompanied it for Read More…
A Retreat From Climate Change
An orderly, managed retreat is better than an unmanaged retreat, but politically unpopular.
Climate change: Increasing the frequency and intensity of flooding
Storms and flooding, its all about heat
Fluvial flooding: The river runneth over
Extreme weather events create catastrophic floods.
Pluvial flooding from a guest that won’t leave
Hurricane Harvey was the guest that wouldn’t leave, and a great example of pluvial flooding.
Coastal inundation: Death by a thousand cuts
Increasing high-tide flooding slowly destroys coastal communities.
Hurricanes more dangerous than in the past
Our changing climate makes hurricanes more dangerous.
Environmental Economics: America’s dam problem
The economics of pollution are often based on a cost-transfer mechanism.