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A newly
released report from the Water Policy Collaborative at the
University of Maryland says that the use of the 100-year
flood standard leaves millions of people who face a
significant risk of flooding uninsured and
under-protected. The report, prepared for the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), recommends that levees
protecting urban areas should be built with a higher level
of protection than the 100-year standard that is now being
used to rebuild the levees in New Orleans. Read more from this post.
Posted on April 30, 2007 7:18 PM
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