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The country’s National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority warned of the potential for “flooding in urban areas, caused by the accumulation of rainwater due to obstruction of drainage ...
An expat living in a town in Malaga has described homes and businesses being “decimated” after the river running through its centre burst its banks after the downpour caused water levels to rise.
Spain's Civil Protection Agency sent a mass alert to phones warning of an "extreme risk of rainfall".
The Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority (CRBFA) was established in 2008 and manages flood control and concerns for the Chehalis River and its watershed. [8] The program was initiated after the December 2007 floods which caused the loss of 1,300 homes in the region, the shutdown of Interstate 5 , and total damages of over $900 million.
The Pick-Sloan legislation managed the Missouri River with six intents: hydropower, recreation, water supply, navigation, flood control and fish and wildlife. Over 50 dams and lakes have been built due to this legislation, not just on the mainly affected river but also on tributaries and other connected rivers.
Restrictions on projects include: the size of the watershed must be 250,000 acres (1011 km²) or less; no single structure may provide more than 12,500 acre-feet (15,400,000 m 3) of flood water retention; no single dam may provide more than 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3) of total capacity; and projects with costs greater than $5 million or ...
The intended beneficial uses of these water resources include flood control, aids to navigation, irrigation, supplemental water supply, power generation, municipal and industrial water supplies, stream-pollution abatement, sediment control, preservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife, and creation of recreation opportunities.
UTIEL, Spain (Reuters) -Spanish rescue teams scoured flooded fields and stranded cars on Thursday for those still missing after devastating floods in the Valencia region that killed at least 95 ...