According to Brett Sanders, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering, urban planning, and public policy [as well as interim associate dean for undergraduate student affairs] at the University of California, Irvine, flooding, especially urban flooding, has become a growing problem. “We have seen a major uptick in floods over the past decade," Sanders tells Verywell. "We have a history of hurricanes in the U.S. from Katrina, to Harvey, to Sandy." Read More