Communities can reduce flood risk by taking a watershed-approach to flooding. 💧
Here’s how watersheds can help save money, protect lives and property, and better model how waters flow across regions: https://t.co/s6SuhQkBCk
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A7👷Capacity grants for state and local #EmergencyManagement and transportation departments are needed to make sure these communities can implement the windfall of funding coming down from the federal government #TalkingAdaptation
As much-needed federal investments reach communities, they can help support a modern resilience and #adaptation#workforce that designs and maintains strong projects while boosting local economies. What can Congress do to help build this #workforce? #TalkingAdaptation
A6🌎Water follows watershed dynamics, not political boundaries. Watershed-based flood modeling, planning and funding sources enable more efficient, equitable, and cost-effective mitigation efforts by combining the capacity of many communities in the same region #TalkingAdaptation
Q6 🌎 The most effective approaches to reduce flooding will reflect state and regional adaptation and resilience needs and planning.
How can Congress support state and regional resilience efforts and coordinate these efforts nationally? #TalkingAdaptation https://t.co/iPZdn3Eo81
A5📈Forward-looking rainfall and sea level #data are foundational to determining future flood risk. Without the federal government providing this data, we risk developing communities in places that could be underwater in the future #TalkingAdaption
Q5📈 The federal government plays an essential role in providing accurate and forward-looking #flooddata and modeling. What are the biggest hurdles that state and local leaders face when using federal #data and how can Congress fix those challenges? #TalkingAdaptation
Climate #adaptation and #resilience are critical because even if folks like @SagatomSaha succeed in climate mitigation today, the latency period will mean we have to deal with the impacts of stronger storms and higher seas for a long time
How does #flooding affect long-term public health? Our new blog explores how floods can threaten public health #infrastructure and offers resources for flood-prone communities. More: https://t.co/sVQinlOm3m
Reporting live from the capital, this is Shutdown Watch. From my understanding of federal operating procedures, DC is basically the Purge right now so I will continue to act as such until told otherwise. Stay tuned.