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Flood thy Neighbor

Posted inFlood thy Neighbor, Sustainability

There was a plan to save this city from flooding. But when the rains came, so did hesitance

by Lisa Song and Patrick Michels September 6, 2018June 30, 2021

The Army Corps of Engineers’ delay in activating a floodway – land designated to take on water – cost millions in damage to Cairo, Illinois.

Posted inFlood thy Neighbor, Sustainability

Flood thy neighbor

by Katharine Mieszkowski, Patrick Michels, Taki Telonidis, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs and Fernando Arruda September 1, 2018June 30, 2021

This week, we team up with ProPublica to investigate how rising waters have set off a race to build the highest levee.

Posted inClimate Change, Flood thy Neighbor, Sustainability, The (Un)Scientific Method

Flood thy neighbor: Who stays dry and who decides?

by Lisa Song, Patrick Michels and Al Shaw August 6, 2018June 30, 2021

One Missouri town’s levee saga captures what’s wrong with America’s approach to controlling rivers.

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Posted inFlood thy Neighbor, Sustainability, The (Un)Scientific Method

Inside a secretive lobbying effort to deregulate federal levees

by Lisa Song, Patrick Michels and Alex Heeb, The Telegraph of Alton, Ill. March 30, 2018June 30, 2021

Nearly a year after record Midwestern floods caused $1.7 billion in damage, a secretive lobbying effort is underway to roll back flood regulations.

Posted inFlood thy Neighbor, Sustainability, The (Un)Scientific Method

Towns on wrong side of an Illinois levee district are treading water

by Lisa Song, Al Shaw, Patrick Michels and Alex Heeb, The Telegraph of Alton, Ill. March 30, 2018June 30, 2021

A new government model confirms Missouri residents suspicions: levees raised by neighbors have increased their flood risk.

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