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2. $68.1 million ‘stormwater park’ in Virginia Beach aims to ...

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   The city of Virginia Beach has broken ground on a massive project set to reduce stormwater flooding — and bring new recreational opportunities — over the next several years. The concept is ...

3. Xeriscaping - Wikipedia

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   In some areas, terms such as water-conserving landscaping, drought-tolerant landscaping, and smart scaping are used instead. The use of plants whose natural requirements are appropriate to the local climate is emphasized, and care is taken to avoid losing water to evaporation and runoff. However, the specific plants used in xeriscaping vary ...

4. How Cities Are Using Nature-Based Solutions to Tackle Floods

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   Climate change is already making extreme flooding more frequent and intense and by 2050 100-year flood events are projected to occur at least twice as frequently as today across 40% of the planet.

5. Rain garden - Wikipedia

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   The first rain gardens were created to mimic the natural water retention areas that developed before urbanization occurred. The rain gardens for residential use were developed in 1990 in Prince George's County, Maryland, when Dick Brinker, a developer building a new housing subdivision had the idea to replace the traditional best management practices (BMP) pond with a bioretention area.

6. Climate change in Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Several local communities have enacted plans to limit the effects of climate change. In the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the flooding of over 2000 homes, the city of Virginia Beach took an unusual and aggressive stance on some new floodplain developments. The city rejected plans for building in the floodplain by large developers.

7. Coastal storm brings tidal flooding to southeastern Va ... - AOL

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   Another Virginia Beach resident shared a nonchalant attitude towards flooding. The unidentified man even shared a photo of the Lynnhaven Inlet in the 2010s in equivalent weather conditions.

8. Living shoreline - Wikipedia

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   The Hermitage Museum and Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia [13] Longwood University’s Hull Springs Farm, Westmoreland County, Virginia [14] Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum, Calvert County, Maryland [14] South River Federation, MD [14] St John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland [14] Magothy Beach Road, Pasadena, Maryland [15] San Francisco Bay [16]

9. Tropical rainstorm to continue inland in Carolinas, Virginia ...

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   A tropical rainstorm will continue to bring torrential downpours capable of producing flash flooding in the Carolinas and southern Virginia through Tuesday night, AccuWeather meteorologists warn ...