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We need to continue to improve the skill of hyper-localized flood forecasts because this is the main way people are dying ...
Going back through U.S. weather station records dating to 1955, Kunkel found that rain over the past 20 years has become more intense in the eastern two-thirds of the country, including the southern ...
Iowa gardener Chris Morse explained how rain gardens work in one of their TikTok videos, exciting their followers.
With recent storms consistently hitting the Ozarks, you may have noticed specific areas in your yard that collect water or flood more easily.
A new rain garden is helping a village soak up success in environmental action and community collaboration. Tisbury’s first ...
One Reddit user showed off their incredible rain garden and how it prevents lawn flooding during heavy rainfall.
Rain gardens aren’t difficult to build. If you’d like to construct one, follow these steps: Identify a low section of your ...
On a recent Master Gardener tour of the Cal Poly, SLO arboretum, the docent showed me an example of a rain garden. Rain gardens are similar to retention basins, but smaller. They are landscaped areas ...
Thanks to rain gardens’ environmental benefits, several cities offer cost-share programs to encourage homeowners to establish them. Homeowners in Northfield, Minnesota, can be reimbursed for 50 ...
As storms hit region more often with more intensity, communities are building bio-retention gardens, rain gardens and more to fight flooding.
For example, in one Illinois community, a network of rain gardens significantly reduced flood events by creating pollinator-friendly green spaces. Tips for designing a rain garden The basics of rain ...
ALPENA — While talks have simmered over the possible rain garden that Alpena Public Schools Board of Education recently voted against, another rain garden in Alpena is continuing to thrive after ...