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As waters rise, a community must decide: Do we stay or go?

Faced with more frequent flooding and worse to come, the Philadelphia environmental justice community of Eastwick is grappling with difficult questions about its future: Will levees and flood walls protect them, or should residents abandon their homes and move to higher ground?
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Biden to announce $60M to bolster flood protections in Puerto Rico

Biden to announce $60M to bolster flood protections in Puerto Rico

The funds will come from the recently enacted infrastructure law.
hurricane levee work needed in New Orleans

Here's why $1.7 billion in hurricane levee work is needed in the New Orleans area

Work would take 50 years, just to keep up with subsidence, rising seas.

How climate change could spark the next home mortgage disaster
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How climate change could spark the next home mortgage disaster

Taxpayers are backing more than a trillion dollars in home mortgages, but the agencies buying them are neglecting to consider climate risks.
After Trump mocks a sea wall in New York, plan is abruptly shelved
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After Trump mocks a sea wall in New York, plan is abruptly shelved

In an unexpected move, the federal government halted a project that might have led to a multibillion-dollar barrier to protect the region from flooding.
Walls — and neighbors — protect against Danube flooding
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Walls — and neighbors — protect against Danube flooding

Strong community ties can keep people safe during catastrophes, say experts. So what can the residents of a flood-prone Austrian town teach us about facing extreme weather in the age of climate change?
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