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For Honolulu, Rising Seas Deliver Flood Risks Three Ways
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The biggest source of flooding linked to sea-level rise for Hawaii’s capital city comes not from the sea itself. It comes from underground.
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Flood Study, With Fresh Approach, Measures Downside of Pavement
Using statistical methods borrowed from economics, a new study estimates the effect of hard surfaces on high waters.
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Building Bigger Walls in San Francisco Bay to Hold Back Rising Waters
Spurred by a recent change in federal flood zone maps and a desire to prepare for rising seas, Foster City is in the process of raising its levees.
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Hidden Flood Risk for San Francisco Bay Area Communities Lurks Underground
Flooding linked to rising groundwater levels is a neglected consequence of rising seas. Bigger walls won't keep it out.
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Historic Missouri River Flood Damages Water Infrastructure
Sewage spills, pollution risks, and reduced capacity at drinking water plants.
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In Nepal, Deadly Landslide Has Calmer Second Act
Dammed by the landslide, the Sun Koshi River breaks free.
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Himalayas Strike Again: Deadly Landslide in Nepal
Sun Koshi River is blocked, 156 people are dead, and 10 percent…
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Uttarakhand Flood Disaster Made Worse By Existing Hydropower Projects, Expert Commission Says
Report calls for new Himalayan development policy; stirs political battle in New Delhi.
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Warnings — They Are So Easy To Ignore
An American landslide as a global metaphor.
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The Stream, April 23: Looming Storms Threaten Communities Along the Great Lakes
Looming storms are keeping communities along the Great Lakes…
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The Stream, April 19: Drought-hit Midwest Pummeled by Rains
Drought Relief
Farm fields across the Midwestern United States…
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The Stream, January 30: After Cyclone, Water Supplies Tight in Brisbane
Storms spawned by Tropical Cyclone Oswald created "record turbidity…