No flood gauges, no warning: 99% of US streams are off the radar amid rising flash flood risks – we saw the harm in 2024
- Written by Julie Arbit, Researcher at the Center for Social Solutions, University of Michigan
Heavy rain sent Great Brook raging over its banks in Plainfield, Vt., in July 2024. AP Photo/Ted ShaffreyFlooding is one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in the U.S., causing billions of dollars in damage each year. In 2024 alone, floods destroyed homes in over a dozen states and claimed more than 165 lives.
Southeast Texas was hit...