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PublishedSeptember 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Flash floods can strike without warning — this new technology could change that

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On the morning of June 9th, Laura Lin was working from her home in Lanesville, a rural southern Indiana town about 15 miles from the Kentucky border. She was on a Zoom call, unaware that the heavy rain outside was beginning to flood her yard. "I look over to where the barn is over there, […]
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