Tirer les leçons des inondations de 2020 à Thiès: Renforcer la planification urbaine pour réduire les risques d’inondation au Sénégal * If this publication is shareable, you can access it by clicking the “Download in English” button. If it is a journal article or book chapter, a link is provided in the text below. Overview […]
Hurricane Ida both confirmed that we can plan and build to address climate change, and it was a wake-up call for how broad the need is, how quickly we need to act, and where we’ve underestimated our risk. The pumps, dikes and levees protecting the City of New Orleans—which were dramatically strengthened after Hurricane Katrina—worked.
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In 2011, freezing weather resulted in power outages and slick roads across Texas. In 2015, Winter Storm Goliath brought frigid cold and over 8 inches of snow in some areas to Western Texas. In 2017 freezing rain, sleet, and snow iced over roads, downed trees and triggered power outages in northwestern Texas. Nonetheless, the February
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