How deep are floods?

Credit: Howard Greenblatt FEMA.gov. Water running downhill into channels and streams begins to "pile up", eventually overrunning the sides of those channels. How quickly this happens depends on the strength of the precipitation and the slope of the land. read more

Connecticut DEEP Flood Management Certification Program: Connecticut General Statutes section 25-68b through section 25-68h requires any state agency proposing an activity within or affecting a floodplain or that impacts natural or man-made storm drainage facilities must submit a flood management certification to DEEP. read more