Yup that’s the one. Build on #floodplains get #flooded

Insh Marshes doing what Insh Marshes does. If more floodplains were actually allowed to flood, we’d be a lot more resilient to a changing climate.

In a landmark judgement, Gujrat HC asks officials whose inaction led to destruction of farmland and crops to pay for the losses to farmer.
#illegalEncroachment on #hindon floodplains opp Gulshan Ikebana sec 143 Noida has been reported multiple times in last 4 years - NO ACTION!

🚨Blog Alert 🚨 Floodplains and Safeguarding Construction Developments... Are the government giving enough consideration and thought to the impacts flooding has on construction timelines and the costs implications when delays occur?

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#blog #flooding

My conversation on Top of Mind re: why flood risk is increasing across the U.S. TL;DR: #ClimateChange is part of story, but full answer is more complicated; often, other factors (e.g., population growth within floodplains) are even more important. byuradio.org/top-of-mind-fa…

#Toronto #Canada #CNTower
It’s overcast here and more rain is on the way. Several creeks have overflowed their banks, but we have floodplains and catchment basins so it’s fine so far. It will be 15C this afternoon.
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Don't miss CA Rice Commission CEO Tim Johnson on Michael R. Dimock’s #FlippingTheTablePodcast discussing how CA's rice fields serve as managed floodplains and surrogate wetland habitat for 250 species of wildlife, including endangered birds and salmon.

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Sydney's Guard Vanessa Nakate Hills Morgan Bahandagira Dixon It is crazy to 'build in swamps.' The same sort of problem is happening in the UK where houses are built on #floodplains and then risk #flooding . Old news but still valid: theguardian.com/society/2021/n…

Ottawa planners:

'Yea, uhhhhh, we'd love to do that 4plexes thing for those Trudeau dollars but we took a closer look, and there are 'practical' concerns

Let's bring back NIMBYs for consultations...'

What do NIMBYs have to do with floodplains... go to talk an engineer bro

Congrats to Sierra Geer for successfully defending her Environmental Science MS thesis today! 🌳 💪 💦

#floodplains #forests #waterquality

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From October to March record-breaking amount of rain fell in the Thames Valley, which means floodplains like Iffley Meadows stored carbon and held floodwater, with negative impacts on iconic Snake's-head fritillaries, as BBO Wildlife Trust explains 👇 #climatechange
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Despite the risks associated with extreme weather, people continue to flock to places in harm’s way - along the coasts, rivers, floodplains and wildland-urban interfaces.

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Find out 5⃣ things you should know about uninsurability: unu.edu/ehs/series/5-t…

Volcaholic 🌋 Humans keep building cities on floodplains, then everyone acts all surprised when this happens.

the astonishing speed. The buffalos like spending most of their time while grazing in the savannah and the floodplains. When the buffalos reach their dominant stage they tend to be aggressive and while adult buffalos do gather around the calves to protect them.

#Kenyawins

Someone here used to say you can't pay your way out of bad public policies and poor governance will always catch up with you. Areas out of the floodplains shouldn't be experiencing this type of flooding.

Beautiful floodplains of the Bug River in the light of the setting spring sun.
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Part 3 of our series on Yamuna & Delhi floods:

|| NGT says remove ‘official’ constructions on floodplains; govt. ignores, builds more ||

▶️ Located about 100 metres from the Wazirabad Barrage in north Delhi, ‘Sur Ghat’ spread across at least 2,000 square metres has barb-wired

Part 2 of our series on Yamuna & Delhi floods:

|| 9 yrs after NGT’s directions, Yamuna floodplains not demarcated ||

▶️ Physical demarcation of #Yamuna ’s floodplains – a basic step to protect the sensitive ecosystem from encroachment – is yet to be done, despite court orders.