Earth Watch Report - Flooding
Flooding on the Etowah River (Photo by Tim Cavender at Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services.)
...| 07.10.2013 | Flash Flood | USA | State of Georgia, Alpharetta |  |  |
Flash Flood in USA on Monday, 07 October, 2013 at 12:19 (12:19 PM) UTC.
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| A flood warning remains is in effect through Monday evening for a creek in Atlanta's northern suburbs that's expected to rise above flood stage. The National Weather Service projects that flooding along Big Creek in Alpharetta will cause minor flooding in parts of Fulton and Forsyth counties. The creek was at 6.2 feet late Sunday night and rising. Flood stage is 7 feet. At that level, woodlands and fields along the waterway typically begin to flood from Cumming in Forsyth County to Alpharetta and Roswell in Fulton County. Forecasters expect the creek to reach nearly 7.1 feet by late Monday afternoon. |
A flood warning is in effect Banks, Cherokee, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer and Pickens counties.
A flood watch is in effect for most of the rest of the state through Thursday morning.
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Heavy rains soaked these areas throughout Wednesday, once again prompting fears of flooding. Some areas received estimates of up to 10 inches of rain, according to FOX 5 Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Ken Cook.
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Efforts to delay devastating rate increases continue
wwltv.com
Posted on October 7, 2013 at 10:25 PM
Updated
yesterday at 10:41 PM
Bill Capo / Eyewitness News
Email: bcapo@wwltv.com | Twitter: @billcapo
NEW ORLEANS -- Even as Tropical Storm Karen threatened possible flooding on Friday, a conference call was underway in the Terrebonne Parish president's office on delaying huge flood insurance rate hikes.
"Some of us we hear could be up into the $10,000 and $20,000 range,” said Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet.
The Biggert Waters Reform Act required the flood insurance program to become financially stable, resulting in major premium increases for many property owners.
But now those leading the fight in Louisiana say they're no longer alone.
"Believe it or not, 30 out of 50 states are now showing their, basically, support for changes in Biggert Waters,” Claudet said.
Michael Hecht of GNO, Inc. said, "When you have senators from Nevada and North Dakota testifying as to the problem this is going to create in their own state, this has gone national. It's no longer just New Orleans or Louisiana."
But now the focus is on finding solutions to the rate increase problem – solutions that would allow owners to be able to afford to keep their homes.
"If they play by the rules and maintain their insurance to keep their current levels,” Hecht said. “It's critical that if they do everything right, you don't see your insurance skyrocket 3000 percent."
And where there is flooding, a potential solution would keep rate hikes manageable by tying them into the value of the property.
"It could be that after you flood, your rates then go up 1 percent of your value, then if you flood a second time, it could go up 2 percent,” Hecht said.
"I think that the way it's proceeding, I think we're definitely going to be able to make some changes,” Claudet said.
Hecht said accurate maps showing steps taken to reduce flooding, including levees, are critical to reducing the flood insurance rate hikes.
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New basin opens as flooding overwhelms Louisville system
Posted: Oct 07, 2013 11:13 PM CST Updated: Oct 07, 2013 11:26 PM CST
Metro administrators have completed about half of the $850 million in planned improvements to the system and have added capacity. Twelve retention basins have been collecting floodwaters for the past several years.
Record-setting rainfall totals of nearly six inches in parts of Jefferson County this weekend overwhelmed the system – but flooding could've been worse if new retention basins hadn't been built, Bingham said.
"We've done a lot of work, we've added about a billion gallons of storage to the system, but there's always going to be a storm that's bigger than what we designed for," said Brian Bingham, the sewer district's regulatory services director.
It's a misconception that the city's pumping stations should've been activated this weekend, Bingham said. They're designed to be used if water levels are high both on the Ohio River and inland creeks. Gates would keep the Ohio from spilling inland and the pumps could still move water into the river.
But the Ohio River was low this weekend, allowing inland creeks and streams to move the water into the river as they normally would, Bingham said.
"Those (pumps) do not move the water out as efficiently as the gravity system does naturally," he said.
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