More than 2.4 million Texans live in areas that have a 1% chance of flooding each year, known as the 100-year floodplain, a new state analysis found. It will likely cost Texas tens of billions of dollars to protect people and property from floods.
At the same time, higher global temperatures are melting glaciers, increasing sea levels around the world — including in Texas — and making coastlines more vulnerable to storm surges. Between 2000 and 2019, rising sea levels caused the Texas coastline to retreat about 4 feet per year on average, according to a 2021 University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology report for the Texas General Land Office.
Though floodplains are defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the agency does not map every inch of the U.S. and its maps have long been criticized as out of date and underestimating actual flood risk. In the Canadian-Upper Red region, for example, which includes much of the Panhandle and Wichita Falls, hardly any flood maps existed, while 98% of the Lower Red-Sulphur-Cypress region in the northeast corner of the state had inadequate flood mapping, James Bronikowski, TWDB’s manager for regional flood planning told the board on Tuesday.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
D.C.-area forecast: Excessively hot with potential late-day stormsHeat blasts into the area today for a three-day stay, threatening record highs and setting off late-day storms. The storms may be most numerous today, with a risk for damaging winds and heavy downpours.
Weiterlesen »
One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-ever analysis showsAs it prepares a statewide flood prevention plan, the state found that almost 6 million Texans live in an area susceptible to floodwaters.
Weiterlesen »
One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-ever analysis showsAs it prepares a statewide flood prevention plan, the state found that almost 6 million Texans live in an area susceptible to floodwaters.
Weiterlesen »
Nearly 100 pilot whales strand themselves on Australian beach and half die, officials sayNearly 100 pilot whales have stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia, and about half had died by Wednesday morning, despite the efforts of wildlife experts and volunteers to save them.
Weiterlesen »
Mass coral reef bleaching in Florida as ocean temperatures hit 100 degreesScientists expect a 'complete mortality' of the bleached reefs around the Florida Keys in only a week and are now on a rescue mission.
Weiterlesen »
Nearly 100 whales left stranded on Australian beach in strange phenomenon: 'Utterly heartbreaking'Hundreds of volunteers have joined the rescue effort for nearly 100 pilot whales that have unexplainably stranded themselves on an Australian shoreline.
Weiterlesen »