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3Hotdogs

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2. The problem is not limited to climate change. Flooding and water damage are also exacerbated by housing and warehouse

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Sun Jan 5, 2025, 03:08 PM

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construction. These divert water that used to be absorbed into the ground and were utilized by plants. Concrete and asphalt are not permeable. So water runs off and accumulates into streams and rivers that cannot contain the increased volume of water.

This is the definition of flooding.

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