Tag: Flash floods

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Neighborhoods Devastated by LA Wildfires Now Brace for Deadly Flash Floods

A powerful rainstorm moving down the California coast could dump more than an inch of rain over multiple burn scar areas in Los Angeles County today, including those of the Eaton and Palisades fires. County officials have issued evacuation warnings and orders for these areas due to the risk of flash flooding, mudslides, and debris […]

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FEMA’s Flood Maps Are Basically Lies

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps, often referred to simply as flood maps, outline flood risk. The maps are critical to determining the need for flood insurance, construction restrictions, floodplain management, and hazard mitigation. There’s just one problem—75% of FEMA’s maps are out of date. Writing for The Conversation, Jeremy Porter, […]

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