Clear-Cutting Triggers 18x More Floods, for 40+ Years

A decades-long UBC study reveals that clear-cutting doesn’t just increase flooding — it can multiply extreme events up to 18 times and make them more than twice as large. Clear-Cutting Linked to Surge in Catastrophic Floods Image by Thomas from Pixabay Clear-cutting can dramatically intensify flood risks, making the most severe events up to 18 times more frequent …

50 inches of Harvey

This Harvey was no six-foot invisible rabbit.  This Harvey dropped four-feet-two-inches of rain on millions of Texans in less than a week. When that many inches of rain land in your community in one storm, you can bet on a flood of tragic proportions. In Texas, 1 million people evacuated and hundreds of thousands are …