Author: Julia C. Klapproth, Faculty Assistant-Natural Resources, Maryland Cooperative Extension; James E. Johnson, Extension Forestry Specialist, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech
Publication Number 420-153, Posted February 2001
Figure 8
Damage caused by floods cost communities millions of dollars each year. Nearly half of all flood damages is to agriculture (photo by Ken Hammond, courtesy USDA.)
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