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News Articles: flooding

A park in Savannah's Bingville neighborhood sits flooded on Aug. 7, 2024, from Tropical Storm Debby.

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  • News

Flood risk not always reflected in FEMA flood maps

The decision of whether or not to buy flood insurance is real for residents in zones where FEMA doesn’t require flood insurance to secure a loan.

September 24, 2024
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  • Orlando Montoya
A woman walks along a flooded street caused by a king tide in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2019. So-called sunny day floods are getting more common in many coastal areas as seas rise due to human-caused climate change.

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  • Climate

Coastal flooding is getting more common, even on sunny days

High tide floods – when water collects in streets or even seeps into buildings on days without rain – are increasingly common in coastal areas as sea levels rise, a new report warns.

September 04, 2024
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Richmond Hill resident Kristina Fredericks addresses the Richmond Hill City Council on Aug. 20, 2024, about flooding damage to her home and yard after Tropical Storm Debby.

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  • Politics

‘We are scared and we feel abandoned’: Richmond Hill residents criticize city's response to Debby

Longstanding drainage problems have been neglected by the city, according to several residents.

August 22, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Keon Johnson leaves his house on his way to work down a street that flooded on Monday from Tropical Storm Debby and still hasn't drained, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Pooler, Ga.

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  • News

Tropical rains flood homes in an inland Georgia neighborhood for the second time since 2016

Residents of one Georgia neighborhood are cleaning up homes flooded by tropical weather for the second time in eight years. Tappan Zee Drive is located in suburban Pooler, west of Savannah and about 30 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.

August 08, 2024
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  • Associated Press
NOAA forecast: Hurricane Debby could dump up to 30 inches of rain along the coastlines of Georgia and South Carolina through Friday, Aug. 9, 2024

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  • Weather

UPDATES: Hurricane Debby impacts Georgia. Here's what you need to know

Be aware: NOAA and GEMA say the dangerous storm may bring catastrophic flooding to Coastal Georgia, with rainfall predicted in the range of 10 to 30 inches.

August 05, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
 The island of Matlacha in Florida was devastated by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Many residents who rented homes were displaced, and are still suffering financially years later.

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  • Climate

Do you rent? You may be more vulnerable to climate-driven disasters

The financial cards are stacked against many renters who survive hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other major weather disasters. The long-term effects can be devastating.

July 31, 2024
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
From left: Francisca Chagas Dos Santos. Taquari District. Rio Branco, Brazil. March 2015. Terence McKeen with his mother Gloria. Blackcreek, Middleburg, Florida. USA. September 2017

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  • Global Health

A flood of emotions in these stoic portraits of people returning home after a deluge

Photojournalist Gideon Mendel has made it his mission to show how ordinary people around the world are affected by the consequences of a changing climate.

July 29, 2024
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  • Diane Cole
A home is surrounded by floodwater in Texas. Beryl hit the state as a Category-1 hurricane. The remnants of the storm are expected to move far from the ocean toward the Midwest, where they also pose risks of dangerous flooding.

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  • Climate

Far from the ocean, remnants of storms like Beryl can cause severe floods

Even after storms lose their hurricane status and head far inland, they can still cause dangerous floods. Storms like Beryl pose risks far from the coast, even in Canada.

July 09, 2024
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  • Rebecca Hersher and
  • Julia Simon
The mouth of Blackbeard Creek on Sapelo Island, as seen in 2017. The island's post office is among more than a dozen coastal infrastructure sites in Georgia identified in a new study on sea level rise.

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  • Climate

Coastal Georgia's at risk from sea level rise. Here are 15 sites where regular flooding could happen

From a nuclear submarine base in Camden County to a maritime shipping warehouse in Savannah, sea level rise is threatening essential infrastructure up and down the Georgia coast.

June 27, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
People are seen near to their damaged homes after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Saturday.

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  • World

Flash floods have killed more than 300 people in Afghanistan

Floods from heavy seasonal rains have destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said. A U.N. official said the floods are a reminder of Afghanistan's vulnerability to the climate crisis.

May 11, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A man swims from a submerged church compound, after the River Tana broke its banks following heavy rains at Mororo, border of Tana River and Garissa counties, northeastern Kenya, April 28. Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to dozens of deaths and the displacement of tens of thousands of people, according to the United Nations.

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  • Africa

As Kenya's flood toll rises, Human Rights Watch says officials must step up efforts

Human Rights Watch accuses Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season.

May 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Adult Lone star ticks on a flag. Credit: Steph Bellman

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GPB Morning Headlines for April 24, 2024

Governor Brian Kemp signed a controversial school choice bill into law on Tuesday.

Savannah is getting 30-million-dollars to address flooding issues.

Emory University researchers have created a map that shows where lone star ticks are in Georgia.

April 24, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Climate change makes intense floods, wildfires, hurricanes and heat waves more common. Recovering from a disaster can be expensive. Here, a flooded car after Hurricane Florence hit South Carolina in 2018.

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  • Climate

Have you been financially impacted by a weather disaster? Tell us about it

Have you experienced financial trouble after a flood, wildfire, hurricane or heat wave? NPR's Climate Desk wants to hear about it.

February 27, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
The south Bibb County residential building boom that began in the 1980s led to major flooding issues on the flat former farmland, but the Macon Water Authority is proceeding with stormwater drainage enhancements.

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  • News

MWA takes next steps to curtail south Bibb flooding

Site design work along Sardis Church Road Extension and the Nowell Estates neighborhood gets approval.

January 09, 2024
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  • Liz Fabian
An empty lot where a house once stood in Houston. The former residents moved because of flood damage. A new study suggests that people are moving away from the most flood-prone neighborhoods in cities that are otherwise growing in population.

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  • Climate

People are leaving some neighborhoods because of floods, a new study finds

There are hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods where the population is declining due to flood risk, a new study suggests. Climate change drives flooding from heavy rain and sea level rise.

December 18, 2023
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  • Rebecca Hersher
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