Chicago Business Email Newsletter: The rising threat of urban flooding (April 15, 2024)

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The rising threat of urban flooding

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Monday, April 15, 2024

A tractor lifts a car out of a flooded Detroit area expressway

Urban flooding is a rising threat. What can cities do to safeguard their futures?

In the Midwest, states and — especially — cities such as Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland are grappling with increasingly heavy rainfall and what to do with it all.

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	Three signs that flooding is getting worse, and how it hurts us
	Outdated infrastructure, years of disinvestment leave some Chicago-area communities more susceptible to basement flooding
	The role builders, residents and developers play in flood diversion
	Harris Poll: Great Lakes residents feel ready for flooding. They better be right.
	Commentary: Neighborhoods hardest hit by flooding should be part of the solution
	Commentary: How to lay the groundwork for a more water-resilient region
	Commentary: Urban flooding is the new norm; we need to rethink how we protect ourselves