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  2. Hurricane-proof building - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] The round design allows the wind to blow around the home, reducing the build-up of pressure on one side. [6] Additionally, with the roof and floors built using a radial truss array, that allows any potential energy from sustained winds to disperse across the entire structure instead of building up in one area.

  3. Want to build a home in a flood-prone zone? NJ soon ... - AOL

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    The current building and redevelopment standards based on FEMA flood maps look only at past sea levels and storm surge data, not future predictions. "What are the regulations for building a house?

  4. Flood management - Wikipedia

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    Flood management methods can be structural or non-structural: Structural flood management (i.e: flood control) is the reduction of the effects of a flood using physical solutions, such as reservoirs, levees, dredging and diversions. Non-structural flood management includes land

  5. Flashing (weatherproofing) - Wikipedia

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    In earlier days, birch bark was occasionally used as a flashing material. [7] Most flashing materials today are metal, plastic, rubber, or impregnated paper. [8]Metal flashing materials include lead, aluminium, copper, [1] stainless steel, zinc alloy, other architectural metals or a metal with a coating such as galvanized steel, lead-coated copper, anodized aluminium, terne-coated copper ...

  6. Carteret project to fix flood-prone neighborhood - AOL

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    CARTERET – During Superstorm Sandy, flood waters destroyed three apartment buildings in the borough which is boarded by two major waterways, the Arthur Kill and the Rahway River.

  7. Residents could get £8,000 to flood-proof homes - AOL

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    Measures include self-closing air bricks, reinforced flood doors and pumps, the council says. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

  8. Stilts (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Often the materials used in stilt housing reflect the challenges of its location. For example, a building with foundations underwater for most of the time often uses wood or reinforced concrete as the main material for stilts. A building that is sat on ground that is only flood-prone however can have brick and mortar as the primary structural ...

  9. What is flood insurance, and why do you need it? - AOL

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    Under FEMA policies, coverage for single-family homes is capped at $250,000 for a building’s damage and $100,000 for its contents. For businesses, the maximum coverage is $500,000 for each.

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