Engineers call for national approach to flooding

Published September 22, 2014 2:16pm ET



An organization of civil engineers is calling for a national strategy for mitigating flood risks, saying the U.S. has not fully heeded lessons from Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy.

The American Society of Civil Engineers released its recommendations Monday during a conference on water issues in Philadelphia.

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