Publication: Associated Press

UCLA Expert: Daniel Swain: Assistant Researcher and Climate Specialist, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis:  With multiple powerful storms continuing to bear down on California, state officials have warned that rural areas are the most at risk of flooding because the levees that protect them aren’t built to the same standards as others that shield more populated cities.

UCLA News: “It is almost unimaginably complicated,” said Swain. “There are literally over 100 entities that are relevant in the context of flood and reservoir and dam and levee management and maintenance in California.”

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