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C. Ashley Couch, drainage and flood control program manager at City of Scottsdale, Arizona, has issued a public comment on the Federal Emergency Management Agency notice entitled "Request for Information: National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System". Currently, only stormwater storage basins based on pre vs. post hydrology are fully creditable,...

Funding to tame flooding from Pajaro River now in place Share Updated: 7:11 PM PDT May 24, 2021 Share Updated: 7:11 PM PDT May 24, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript TO SHORE UP RESILIENCE AHEAD OF HURRICANE SEASON AND WESTERN WILDFIRES. IN WATSONVILLE... BIG DEVELOPMENTS FOR FLOOD PREVENTION EFFTSOR ALONG THE PAJARO RIVER. TODAY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES SIGNED AN AGREEMENT.... TO MANAGE THE RIVER LEVEE FROM FLOODING HOMES AND FARMS LIKE YOU...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Flood threats are too familiar to Al Pierson, owner of a 92-year-old business in the Time Check neighborhood. He recalls six times that Pierson’s Flower Shop and Greenhouses, 1800 Ellis Blvd. NW, has faced rising waters from the Cedar River. He’s had to evacuate before, but the 2008 flood marked the first time floodwater actually came on the property. “It isn’t just the people that get wet,” said Pierson, whose business closed for five months after the flood. “It’...