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New flood maps clarify the risk homeowners face

Environmental News Bits

Flooding in urban areas cost Americans more than $106 billion between 1960 and 2016, damaging property, disrupting businesses and claiming lives in the process. Read the full story from the University of Georgia.

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Climate Adaptation Moves Toward Center Stage

Legal Planet

There’s people living in Livingston Parish, for example, flooded in 2016, whose lives — everything in their life was destroyed,” he said. Bill Cassidy helped write the resilience provisions of the bill. His remarks make clear the broad appeal of resilience spending.

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