Page 8 - Flood Mitigation News Today

A new flood mitigation project has been approved by the East Baton Rouge Metro Council for over $2 million dollars and it is funded by a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant.

THE cause of flash floods at Section 13, in Shah Alam, Selangor on Aug 16 has been linked to the developer’s failure to instal a silt trap at its construction site.

The agency picked 273 projects to share in the grants, which are not generally greater than $50 million.

Funding will go towards building climate resilient infrastructure and providing flood mitigation assistance at the community level.

The agency picked 273 projects to share in the grants, which are not generally greater than $50 million.

ANU Disasters Research Unit seeks new ways to deal with fires, floods, cyclones, earthquakes. "We can do it."

Local briefs: Hart retiring; local cities get LEAF funds; McCarty awarded scholarship.

A Chinese river basin where 110 million people live has been hit by the worst floods since 1963 despite massive mitigation efforts, particularly during the rule of Mao Zedong, overwhelmed by the impact of global warming and outdated infrastructure. Typhoon Doksuri, the most powerful storm in China this year, churned north in late July after making landfall in the south, bringing exceptional rainfall to the Hai river basin, a region that typhoons rarely hit, and precipitation that the Chinese ca...

SHAH ALAM: Flood mitigation is an important issue for voters in Batu Tiga here, says Malaysian United Democratic Alliance Party (Muda) candidate Saiyidah Izzati Nur Razak Maideen.

Where the heavens kiss the peaks.