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On the recordAugust 2, 2017
FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, recently said that wildfires change landscapes so dramatically that communities affected by them are at a significantly higher risk of flooding.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden references FEMA's findings on the impact of wildfires on flooding risk.

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