(2009) Fact Sheet: Floods and Flash Floods, 2009. Iowa Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
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Abstract
Mitigation pays. It includes any activities that prevent an emergency, reduce the chance of an emergency happening, or lessen the damaging effects of unavoidable emergencies. Investing in mitigation steps now such as constructing barriers such as levees and purchasing flood insurance will help reduce the amount of structural damage to your home and financial loss from building and crop damage should a flood or flash flood occur.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Homeland Security, Flood, Flash Floods |
| Subjects: | Public Safety and consumer protection Public Safety and consumer protection > Public safety Natural Disasters Natural Disasters > Flood |
| ID Code: | 9591 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 17 May 2010 14:01 |
| Last Modified: | 17 May 2010 14:01 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/9591 |