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We Don’t Know Whether Most of the Bay’s Levees Are Safe
FromThe Bay
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Mar 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Residents of Pajaro in Monterey County were finally allowed to return home Thursday after destructive flooding from last week’s storms. When the levee broke, causing the town to flood, it wasn’t a huge surprise; problems with that levee have been well-known for decades, but it wasn’t enough to address the problem fast enough.
The Bay Area has hundreds of its own levees. And it turns out, we don’t really know how safe or vulnerable most of them are.
Guest: Ezra David Romero, climate reporter for KQED
Links
The Bay Survey
Fewer Than 10% of Levees in the Greater Bay Area Have a Federal Flood Risk Rating
This episode was produced by Alan Montecillo and Maria Esquinca. Jehlen Herdman is our intern. Ericka Cruz Guevarra is the host.
Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts.
The Bay Area has hundreds of its own levees. And it turns out, we don’t really know how safe or vulnerable most of them are.
Guest: Ezra David Romero, climate reporter for KQED
Links
The Bay Survey
Fewer Than 10% of Levees in the Greater Bay Area Have a Federal Flood Risk Rating
This episode was produced by Alan Montecillo and Maria Esquinca. Jehlen Herdman is our intern. Ericka Cruz Guevarra is the host.
Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts.
Released:
Mar 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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