Raising Homes a Solution for Some to Flooding

About a half-dozen Charleston residents seek to raise historic homes to cope with flooding By Robert Behre rbehre@postandcourier.com Feb 6, 2018 Updated 23 hrs ago The owner of 42 Rutledge Ave. was the first of a spate of recent Charleston homeowners to seek...

Groundswell-Organized Meeting of Flood-Punished Homeowners

 Posted on: February 7, 2018 City of Charleston and State of South Carolina to Host Flood Mitigation & Assistance Presentations Representatives from the city of Charleston and state of South Carolina will host a series of presentations for residents on flood...

Charleston Needs Development Moratorium

Rising development a growing threat to Charleston BY PHILLIP DUSTAN Feb 3, 2018  The first duty of government is to protect the health and safety of its citizens. Charleston is being threatened by the universal force of water: storms, rains, flooding, and rising seas....

Bold Thoughts on Funding for City Flooding Mitigation

How Cities Can Fund the Future Local governments are far from broke—if they can tap their enormous market power. About the Author Bruce Katz Bruce Katz is the inaugural Centennial Scholar at the Brookings Institution and the co-author of The Metropolitan Revolution...

City of Light Faces Record Flooding

Paris on flooding alert as rising Seine causes travel disruption Part of the Louvre museum is closed as the river is forecast to reach 6.1 metres by Saturday – three times its normal height Kim Willsher in Paris Wed 24 Jan 2018 21.05 EST First published on Wed 24 Jan...