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Damages avoided due to the floodway and emergency diking were estimated at $6 billion. • A total of 28,000 people were evacuated from the flood region: 6,000 in Winnipeg and about 22,000 from ...

The preliminary estimated cost of the Bicol River Basin Development Program (BRBDP) is around P75 billion, the Department of ...

Cheasty says it would require enormous amounts of diking to prepare and protect the land for housing. He adds, if it does get that far, it'll likely end up in court. "There would be a fight over this.

The federal government response was swift: the Army, Navy and Air Force were deployed to evacuate stranded citizens, reinforce diking infrastructure, and clear debris (New York Times 1948). In total, ...

On Thursday at 3:39 p.m. an updated flood warning was issued by the NWS Columbia SC. The warning is for Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg and Richland counties. Urban area and small stream ...