“federal scientists have documented a sharp jump in this nuisance flooding — often called ‘sunny-day flooding’ — along both the east coast and the gulf coast in recent years.
“federal scientists have documented a sharp jump in this nuisance flooding — often called ‘sunny-day flooding’ — along both the east coast and the gulf coast in recent years.
new orleans:223
as the hurricane passed through the gulf coast region, the city's federal flood protection system failed, resulting in the worst civil engineering disaster in american history.