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How Vienna Prepared for a 5,000-Year Flood
The measures Vienna is taking to prepare for extreme rainfall could provide lessons for other cities dealing with flooding.
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The measures Vienna is taking to prepare for extreme rainfall could provide lessons for other cities dealing with flooding.
Normally, they are hidden beneath the road surface but when there is a flood, the flood water will push this barrier upwards, preventing the flow of water from outside f…
Director of the Dutch Flood and Storm Control Program Roeland Hillen said this is the perfect flood protection solution to protect areas or be affected by floods and sto…