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  2. Protect Your Home From Water Damage With These 5 Flood ... - AOL

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    If your home is free of cracks, a self-inflating flood barrier can work well for absorbing water and creating a low-height sealant, covering small gaps around the house, like a garage door or an ...

  3. Flood management - Wikipedia

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    A weir was built on the Humber River (Ontario) to prevent a recurrence of a catastrophic flood. Flood management describes methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flooding can be caused by a mix of both natural processes, such as extreme weather upstream, and human changes to waterbodies and runoff.

  4. Flood control channel - Wikipedia

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    Flood control channels are large and empty basins where surface water can flow through but is not retained (except during flooding), or dry channels that run below the street levels of some larger cities, so that if a flash flood occurs the excess water can drain out along these channels into a river or other bodies of water. Flood channels are ...

  5. Understanding FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 system for flood ... - AOL

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    The risk-based cost of insurance for your home may be a more accurate estimate of your flood insurance cost through the NFIP. As a point of comparison, the national risk-based premium is $1,808 ...

  6. Flood wall - Wikipedia

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    A floodwall at Zruč nad Sázavou, Czech Republic Floodwall in Sunbury, Pennsylvania Floodwall and a sliding gate in New Orleans French Market (1986). A floodwall is a freestanding, permanent, engineered structure designed to prevent encroachment of floodwaters. [1]

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

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    Flood insurance for renters only covers the contents of their home. In the United States, FEMA has traditionally provided all flood insurance plans through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

  8. Flood barrier - Wikipedia

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    A flood barrier, surge barrier or storm surge barrier is a specific type of floodgate, designed to prevent a storm surge or spring tide from flooding the protected area behind the barrier. A surge barrier is almost always part of a larger flood protection system consisting of floodwalls , levees (also known as dikes), and other constructions ...

  9. Elevating homes can flood neighbors. Will this move by Miami ...

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    A newer home in the River Oaks neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale is visibly elevated compared to its older neighbors. Homes like this appear to have weathered the flood much better.

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