Develop a program to implement flood preparedness and damage reduction measures in the Community Rating System. Efforts could focus on acquisition, relocation, retrofitting and maintenance of drainage ways and retention basins. Depending on the extent of activities, local flood insurance premiums may be reduced.

Cover credits: Children in woods, Steve Hillebrand. Horse-eye jacks, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Painted Hills, Jane Pellicciotto. Pelican, George Andrejko/ Arizona Game and Fish Department

Clockwise from top: Town of Cary Town of Chapel Hill David Hunt, Orange County City of Durham Higgins Spooner, “Downtown Raleigh NC at night” (2018)