Women Are Fighting Flooding Crisis in the US

Expand Business owners and workers assess flood waters as some start cleanup on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Harmony, Pennsylvania.  © 2019 AP Photo/Keith Srakocic News from the central United States is full of natural disaster, sodden houses, and suffering as a flooding crisis continues in the region. The Anthropocene Alliance (Aa), an organization with more than 30 local and regional community leaders - mostly women - from 16 US states, is demanding action. This week, they asked the US government to take “action now to stop development in wetlands and floodplains, reform flood insurance laws,…

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