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As flooding increases along the Mississippi, how should communities respond?

Residents, environmentalists, engineers and government agencies agree that they need a coordinated strategy to manage flooding.

As flooding increases along the Mississippi, how should communities respond?
A rescue helicopter hovers in the background as an elderly woman and her poodle use an air mattress to float above flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey while waiting to be rescued from Scarsdale Boulevard in Houston, Texas, U.S.

The Dutch have advice on how Houston can plan for future flooding events

The Dutch have advice on how Houston can plan for future flooding events
Commuters ride on rickshaws as streets are flooded due to heavy monsoon rains in Dhaka.

Floods and landslides kill over 1,200 in South Asia

Floods and landslides kill over 1,200 in South Asia
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A village's first female chief ended illegal logging with spies and checkpoints

A village's first female chief ended illegal logging with spies and checkpoints
Feri Yadi, a resident of Muara Baru in North Jakarta, stands atop the seawall recently built to protect his neighborhood. He has little confidence that the wall will work as expected. "Like in the past, this will be broken somehow" he says.

Need the latest news on flooding? In Jakarta, there's an app for that.

Need the latest news on flooding? In Jakarta, there's an app for that.
Punjabi flood victims are evacuated by boat from their flooded house following heavy rain in Jhang, Pakistan, on September 10, 2014.

Pakistanis rush to relief efforts after devastating floods in Punjab

Severe flooding has killed more than 240 in Pakistan and forced thousands more from their homes. With the Pakistani government wrapped in its own political drama, ordinary citizens have taken a central role in relief efforts and documenting the tragedy.

Pakistanis rush to relief efforts after devastating floods in Punjab
A member of the rescue team carries a women as they leave her flooded house in Topcic Polje, near Zepce May 16, 2014. The heaviest rains and floods in 120 years have hit Bosnia and Serbia.

The worst flooding in a century in the Balkans is uncovering another menace — landmines

Bosnia still has about 120,000 unexploded landmines from the war that raged there in the early 1990s. Now, after a week of heavy rains, flooding and landslides, those mines are on the move.

The worst flooding in a century in the Balkans is uncovering another menace — landmines
The river Thames floods the village of Datchet, southern England February 10, 2014. The British Government's top climate science agency says this winter's unrelenting rain is likely due at least in part to climate change.

The British government says climate change is likely behind its wettest winter ever

Britain's top climate scientist says record rains and floods lashing the UK this winter are almost certainly due in part to climate change. And she warns the country better prepare for more ahead.

The British government says climate change is likely behind its wettest winter ever