The Nature Conservancy | GPE – October 04, 2017:
In the face of intense hurricanes, nature has an important role to play in reducing flood risk for communities. Sadly, the 2017 hurricane season will long be remembered.
Our thoughts and condolences go out to those who are suffering due to the devastation and unprecedented flooding caused by the hurricanes that have pummeled through the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico this season. As news reports have shown, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria have been exceptionally destructive.
This page suggest ways in which nature can help reduce flood risk for communities. Reducing the risks that storms pose always involves multiple solutions working in tandem.
These solutions include:
early warning systems; manmade or “built” solutions like reservoirs, dams, levees, seawalls and pumps; working with willing communities and homeowners to move people out of areas that are subject to frequent flooding, and; nature itself, which we call “nature-based solutions” or “natural infrastructure.”
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