4. FLOOD PROTECTION & FLOOD CONTROL FACILITIES
If in your area existing, protective devices and constructions - such as flood defense walls, dikes or dams - do serve as a certain damage mitigation. Still, nothing is absolutely safe, especially not in times of increasingly frequent extreme climate phenomena. But on your part you can be proactive and upgrade the buildings’ flood resilience through additional measures. Do you know whether your building is close to an existing flood protection facility?