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2. Sandbags available in case Beryl's heavy rain turns into ...

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   The area can expect light to moderate rain Tuesday afternoon and evening, Van Meter said. The heaviest downpours should come between midnight and 9 or 10 a.m. Wednesday, then turn to light rain ...

3. Pamela to unleash excessive rain, flash flooding in Texas - AOL

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   Excessive rainfall and flash flooding are predicted in portions of central Texas after Pamela arrives as a tropical rainstorm this week. The system's interaction with a non-tropical system will ...

4. Corpus Christi to give out free sandbags in anticipation of ...

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   Due to the possibility of additional rainfall in Corpus Christi next week, the city’s Public Works Department will be distributing free pre-filled sandbags this Saturday and again on Saturday ...

5. Retention basin - Wikipedia

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   Storm water is typically channeled to a retention basin through a system of street and/or parking lot storm drains, and a network of drain channels or underground pipes.. The basins are designed to allow relatively large flows of water to enter, but discharges to receiving waters are limited by outlet structures that function only during very large storm eve

6. Sandbag - Wikipedia

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   Properly stacked sandbags [2] are an effective deterrent against damaging flood waters. Sandbags can be used to build levees, barricades, dikes and berms to limit erosion from flooding. Sandbags can also be used to fortify existing flood control structures and limit the effects of sand boils. Sandbag structures do not prevent water seepage and ...

7. Effects of Hurricane Harvey in Texas - Wikipedia

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   Throughout Texas, approximately 336,000 people were left without electricity and tens of thousands required rescue. Throughout the state, 103 people died in storm-related incidents: 68 from its direct effects, including flooding, and 35 from indirect effects in the hurricane's aftermath. [4]

8. 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.

9. Sandbags available ahead of rain to stem flooding - AOL

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   Aug. 18—The Kern County Fire Department released information about the locations where residents may retrieve sandbags ahead of anticipated rainfall locally. Lebec: KCFD Station 56, 1548 Lebec ...