People stranded on rooftops. Floodwaters covering the interstate. Thousands without power, displaced from their homes. Sound like the scene from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina? Right now, it’s the reality for many communities in the Pacific Northwest. The region was recently hit by a major rain storm, which triggered massive flooding on rivers in Oregon and Washington. These floods are the latest wake-up call, showing us why we need to rethink our country’s flood protection strategies. In many cases our old approaches – levees, dams and flood walls – have exacerbated the very problems they were meant to fix. Des…Keep reading.
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