US city unveils brilliant solution for serious flooding issue: 'Welcoming the water in'

US city unveils brilliant solution for serious flooding issue: 'Welcoming the water in'

Instead of building massive concrete barriers to stave off floods, the city of Hampton, Virginia, is working with water through rain gardens, oyster reefs, and rebuilt wetlands The city lies along the Chesapeake Bay at the confluence of several rivers and faces some of the most rapid water-level increases in the United States. According to Inside Climate News, officials are preparing for waters to rise 1.5 feet by 2040 and potentially 4.5 feet b…