This week’s episode is the fifth and final installment of a multipart series called Climate Hits Home, in which guests discuss the effects of climate change on cities and towns across the United States and how local communities are addressing those effects. In this episode, host Margaret Walls talks with Nico Zegre, an associate professor at West Virginia University, about flooding in Appalachia. Zegre discusses the growing problem of floods in the area, including in West Virginia and eastern Kentucky; the unique vulnerability of local communities to this issue; and how local, state, and federal governments can mitigate flooding risks and impacts.

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“You’re It!” song by Wookiefoot; https://soundcloud.com/wookie-foot/youre-it

Climate Hits Home: Flooding in Appalachia, with Nico Zegre

The six-year effort to bring a flood mitigation "living shoreline" to Cambridge now faces a hold on funding as part of the Trump administration's so called "pause" on spending.

FEMA hold placed on Cambridge flood mitigation project

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New tracks tagged #flood mitigation