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What must be done to protect against floods in addition to maintaining levees?

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Reserving swamps and marshes, they absorb much more water.
Some studies say that Hurricane Harvey wouldn't have been so bad if Texas had more costal marshes, as concrete "traps" the water, causing it to rise.
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