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The Importance Of Living In The Tidewater Region
Living in the Tidewater region the majority of my life, I have seen it flood the majority of the times when it rains terribly. The areas that are usually affected when it seems to rain terribly is in Norfolk and Chesapeake. About a year ago there was a bad thunderstorm that left the entire underpass flooded to where if the cars decided to continue driving to the other side then he or she will risk totaling their car. But in general, because Norfolk is surrounded by a lot of water it seems to always flood very easily.

It gets very horrific during hurricane season. Once that tropical storm hits depending on the category the type of destruction within the communities vary. We currently have a major hurricane approaching our coast which was
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