StateImpact Oklahoma
StateImpact Oklahoma
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Pt. 2: ‘Disasters that define us’: Examining Northeast Oklahoma’s patchwork of flood protections
4 minutes Posted Dec 9, 2022 at 11:00 am.
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Heavy rains in May 2019 revealed major disparities in flood protections across Oklahoma. While residents in Tulsa benefitted from decades of flood preparations, smaller communities lack the infrastructure and resources to keep the waters at bay. In the second of a two-part series with OPMX’s Graycen Wheeler, StateImpact’s Beth Wallis reports on how one riverside community came together to take care of each other.