Historic flooding in Fort Lauderdale was a sign of things to come – a look at who is most at risk and how to prepare
- Written by Smitha Rao, Assistant Professor of Social Work, The Ohio State University
The hardest-hit homes in Florida's mid-April flooding were in modest neighborhoods in low-lying areas.Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty ImagesWhen a powerful storm flooded neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in April with what preliminary reports show was 25 inches of rain in 24 hours, few people were prepared. Even hurricanes rarely drop that...
