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Houston area’s flood problems offer lessons for cities trying to adapt to a changing climate

  • Written by Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, Professor Emeritus of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
Houston area’s flood problems offer lessons for cities trying to adapt to a changing climatePavement can leave floodwater with nowhere to go.Chengyue Lao/Xinhua via Getty Images

Scenes from the Houston area looked like the aftermath of a hurricane in early May after a series of powerful storms flooded highways and neighborhoods and sent rivers over their banks north of the city.

More than 400 people had to be rescued from homes, rooftops...

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