… The fear of flooding has steadily faded in Sacramento because of what happened after the great storms of 1986. Sacramento came together and created flood control protections, arguably the most effective regional government effort in local history. And now, some $5 billion in flood protection improvements later, Sacramento is almost ready for much bigger storms. Still, this region does not take flooding as seriously as it should. Public attention is far more focused on how a warming climate increases the risk of wildfires and heat waves. But hotter temperatures are also creating more vapor in the atmosphere, a flood waiting to happen.
–Written by Sacramento Bee columnist Tom Philp.

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