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2. 7 Landscaping Tips That Can Help Keep Water Out of Your ...

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   Landscaping to prevent water from damaging your home or flooding your basement is a smart strategy. Learn seven easy steps that everyone, from gardening newbies to seasoned pros, can try.

3. Study: Tribal lands in Oklahoma are 5 times more likely to ...

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   OU researcher Theresa Tsoodle said flooding could be mitigated by federal and state agencies working with tribes to understand the ecology of an area. Study: Tribal lands in Oklahoma are 5 times ...

4. Flooding and flood control in Tulsa - Wikipedia

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   1984 flood. A cold front that stalled over the Tulsa area on May 26–27, 1984 dropped between 6 and 15 inches (15 and 38 cm) of rain, flooding several parts of the city. The floods killed 14 people and caused $180 million ($528 million in 2023 dollars) worth of property damage. The areas along Mingo Creek in eastern Tulsa and Cherry Creek in ...

5. Sump pump - Wikipedia

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   Sump pumps are used where basement flooding may otherwise happen, and to solve dampness where the water table is near or above the foundation of a structure. Sump pumps send water away from a location to any place where it is no longer problematic, such as a municipal storm drain, a dry well, or simply an open-air site downhill from the building (sometimes called "pumping to daylight").

6. Climate change in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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   Climate change in Oklahoma encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has noted: "In the coming decades, Oklahoma will become warmer, and both floods and droughts may be more severe.

7. Could new flood sensors help keep your basement dry? - AOL

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   Routhier is a researcher at the University of New Hampshire and is hoping new, state-of-the-art flood sensors installed in this historic home could help better predict flood patterns while also ...

8. Waffle slab foundation - Wikipedia

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   Waffle slab foundations adhere to International Building Code requirements. By 2008, most states put into effect the changes adopted in the 2006 IBC and, in regards to foundations, the on-grade mat foundation has become a more attractive design because, as an engineered system, it already accommodates the 2008 design recommendations, and required no major modifications to bring it into compliance.

9. Does homeowners insurance cover basement flooding? - AOL

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   Standard HO-3 policies exclude flooding caused by rain, storm surges, sewer backup and snowmelt, but they may cover basement flooding in some specific circumstances.