Déjà Vu All Over Again: Trends in Flood Drivers Point to Continuing Vulnerability.

PHOTO (COLOR): The Town of Pacific Junction, Iowa, is completely submerged in the flood of March 2019. In the words of Myers and White: "Disasters such as the flood of '93 cannot be considered impossible or highly unlikely; rather, they must be viewed as a reality."[2] Perhaps prophetic, extensive flooding across the region in 2008 caused $12 billion in loss, particularly in Iowa and Wisconsin. Gilbert White long criticized U.S. levee and flood insurance policy, as amplifiers of floodplain development that in turn increase costs for disaster recovery when the next flood inevitably occurs. [Extracted from the article]

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