questions relating to statehood, human mobility, and international cooperation. The report builds on a previous World Bank …

of worst flood disasters in American history and applies the same rationale to critical climate change issues facing the … flood of 1997 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, which caused more than 50,000 people to abandon their homes. The development of … the flood preparations, the failures of the early warning systems, and the relief and mitigation efforts once the disaster …