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People clear mud from a street in an area affected by floods in Catarroja, Spain, on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

FILE - Buildings and homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura near Lake Charles, La., on Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Pelicans fly near the shore as waves from the Pacific Ocean roll in Tuesday, May 14, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash. Facing increased flooding from a rising Pacific, the tribe has been working for over a decade to relocate Taholah, their largest village, to a new site on higher ground. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Joemar Flores stands at his farm in Mindanao, Philippines, May 9, 2024. A growing type of insurance, called parametric insurance, is helping farmers like Flores and others in developing countries respond to extreme weather events. (Bill Spindle/Cipher News via AP)

In a May 24, 2011 photo, Sam Shaya, 4, of Metairie, La, makes his way to another vantage point as he watches Mississippi River waters pour through the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure in St. Charles Parrish, La. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. (AP Photo/The Times Picayune, David Grunfeld)

Cars sit on a submerged road in an area flooded by heavy rain in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Munadiroh sits on the elevated wooden terrace of her home in Mondoliko, Central Java, Indonesia, Aug. 1, 2022. With virtually no dry land left in the village, the white tub at left is used to transport items through the water. Munadiroh’s child makes the long journey to school by wading through the water and riding in a boat several times a week. The white tub at left is used(AP Photo / Dita Alangkara)

A Houston neighborhood near Addicks Reservoir is flooded by rain from Hurricane Harvey, Aug. 29, 2017. HoustonÕs population is growing quickly, but when Harvey hit there were far fewer homes and other properties in the area with flood insurance than just five years ago, according to an Associated Press investigation. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)