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Ideker, USACE’s New Guidance, and Figuring Out How to do an Induced Flooding Analysis

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On July 28, 2025, the Director of Civil Works for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Eddie Belk, issued guidance for analyzing induced flooding. This guidance is intended to help USACE Districts and Divisions...more

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How Should the Flood Management Community Deal with the Uncertainty of Climate Change?

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Despite reticence in Washington, D.C. about the term “climate change” (see our previous blog post on this topic), there is plenty of discussion in the media and in scientific circles about whether intense, off-the-charts...more

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Senate Democrats Are Eager to Invest in Infrastructure, Including Flood (but what about Climate Change?)

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The democratic members of the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee took the initiative to lay out their priorities for a future infrastructure package. Those priorities, totaling over $500 billion, are included...more

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Flooding in Houston: Can We – Should We? – Plan for Such Massive Flooding Events?

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All eyes are appropriately on Houston right now, where record rainfall has led to catastrophic flooding, loss of life, inestimable damages, and years if not decades of recovery and re-building. Around the country, many...more

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Trump Executive Order Issued on Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and Regulatory Reform

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August 15, 2017 was a busy day for the Trump Administration. While interacting with the press and other politicians regarding the protests and counter-protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, the White House was also issuing an...more

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