The mayor of a region that has been devastated by floodwaters says houses could have been saved if the Northern Territory government had listened to residents and built them away from a known flood zone. Key points: The tiny Northern Territory community of Pigeon Hole was submerged by floodwaters after heavy rainfall last week Letters show the mayor of the …
This article originally appeared in Issues in Science & Technology. A new era for flood mitigation During the summer of 1993, severe flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and their tributaries—the Great Flood of 1993—marked a milestone for flood relocation projects. Local residents identified several goals for the new town: a “Main Street” feel, a new school, a designated …
The new houses built for residents living at the riverside plain of the Yellow River at Jiucheng town of Juancheng county, Heze city of Shandong province. "Every summer, my father would worry that our roof would leak and the flood would hit the village at night," said Zhang, Party chief of Caolou village, which sits next to the Yellow River, …
