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2. Heavy rains coming your way? Here's how to protect your home ...

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   If you’re in the process of building your new home and you know you’re in an area that's at-risk for floods, try to use flood-resistant building materials. This includes: Installing metal ...

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

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   Keep your home dry and protected from flood damage. ... additional info about protecting your property against floods. It recommends adopting the latest building codes, which reportedly saves $11 ...

4. Basement waterproofing - Wikipedia

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   The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends basement waterproofing with a water alarm and "battery-operated backup pump" as a preventive measure against the high cost of flooding. [2] Wall conduits (such as dimple boards or other membranes) are fastened to the foundation wall and extend over the new drainage to guide any moisture ...

5. Flood management - Wikipedia

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   Flood mitigation is a related but separate concept describing a broader set of strategies taken to reduce flood risk and potential impact while improving resilience against flood events. As climate change has led to increased flood risk an intensity, flood management is an important part of climate change adaptation and climate resilience.

6. Why turning cities into ‘sponges’ could help fight flooding

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   “There’s a misconception that if we can build a flood wall higher and higher, or if we build the dams higher and stronger, (then) we can protect a city from flooding,” Yu told CNN in a video ...

7. 2023 Nova Scotia floods - Wikipedia

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   The 2023 Nova Scotia floods were a series of floods in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. [2] [3] Areas in Nova Scotia received 250mm (9.8 inches) of rain in a 24 hour period, causing flash floods. [4] On July 22, 2023, a state of emergency was declared in the province, scheduled to last two weeks, ending on August 5.

8. How homeowners can mitigate flood risks - AOL

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   'We may be poor … but we're people, too': Residents of 'neglected' Florida mobile home park beg for help after repeated extreme flooding events — ways homeowners can mitigate flood risks

9. 2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods - Wikipedia

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   The 2019 spring floods in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick were exceptional floods in eastern Ontario, southern Quebec and from the St.John River region to New Brunswick, Canada. In fact, flooding along the Ottawa River has been recognized as the most important weather event of the year 2019 in Canada, and the one along the Saint John River as ...