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Rashida Tlaib: Our communities didn't even have the projections for these events at all. Some homes flooded repeatedly, some even up to…

On the recordJanuary 11, 2022
Our communities didn't even have the projections for these events at all. Some homes flooded repeatedly, some even up to four times within 2 months.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib highlights inadequate flood projections and repeated flooding in her communities.

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