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Flood Risk & Drainage
Floodsax keeps hurricane floodwater at bay By Andy Hirst, EDS
Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy devastated portions of the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic and north- eastern United States during late October 2012. The storm became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record (as measured by diameter) with winds spanning 1,100 miles.
The cost of losses due to damage and business interruption were estimated at $74 billion, which made it the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane, behind only Hurricane Katrina.
At least 253 people were killed in seven countries.
A WALL of Floodsax® saved several homes from flooding when Hurricane Sandy wreaked devastation in the USA. Around 50 properties were at risk of flooding when the Delaware River rose 2ft as the killer storm struck the New York area in late October.
Residents living very close to the river feared the water would flood basements in their homes that are only around 100ft from the river in the Old New Castle area not far from New Jersey. So they turned to Jonathan Cochran. a Floodsax distributor, for help.
He helped eight worried homeowners by building walls of Floodsax® sandless sandbags to keep the water out … and it worked for every resident with no water getting into their basements from the flood surge itself.
Jonathan said the highest wall constructed from around 80 Floodsax® was just over 4ft high and 9ft wide and this picture dramatically shows the water level and the amount of debris the wall kept at bay.
“If the water had got into the basement at these homes the damage caused in each one would have been in the region of $3,000 or $4,000,’’ he said. “These homes had suffered from flooding before and there was no way the people living
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