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An IG audit found the MTA has underestimated how long it takes to deploy $350M worth of flood control devices installed since Hurricane Sandy — leaving the system vulnerable to severe water damage.
According to the report released Wednesday, NYC Transit’s plans to deploy $350 million worth of flood control devices leading up to the next massive storm need more coordination and streamlining.
The Flood Control District of Maricopa County and the Maricopa County Department of Transportation have put two of the automated mechanisms in place on county roads since July.
Marin County is adding nine new weather gauges that collect real-time data on rain, wind and stream activity, bringing its fleet of such devices to 18 across the county.The Marin County Flood Contr… ...
Madeleine Brand talks with Ira Flatow, host of NPR's Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about how other nations use levee systems to control flooding.
Struggling to tread water . Deployable vent covers, flex gates and watertight marine doors make up some of the 3,500 flood-control devices that must be manually installed across the subway’s 472 ...
To prepare for potential flooding, the state installed flood control devices around power substations for the first time. Governor Ron DeSantis says those substations are working, but warned ...
PHOENIX — Two Maricopa County agencies have teamed up to create and install warning devices at certain road crossings to keep drivers from entering flooded washes. The Flood Control District of ...