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Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program

A FEMA grant program that funded hazard mitigation projects, including levee upgrades, until its abrupt termination in April 2025. The program’s cancellation disrupted critical resilience projects in Pennsylvania, such as the Duryea levee rehabilitation and Exeter’s new levee plans, before being reinstated in March 2026.

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Pennsylvania’s aging levees are under pressure from scarce funding and severe weather

<figure><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/757589/original/file-20260902-60-bjqmrw.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.1&rect=0%2C0%2C5000%2C3333&q=45&auto=format&w=1050&h=700&fit=crop" /><figcaption><span class="caption">The Schuylkill River in Philadelphia flooded after heavy rains from Hurricane Ida in 2021. </span> <span class="attribution"><a class="source" href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/water-from-the-schuylkill-river-covers-the-schuylkill-river-news-photo/1235030768">Branden Eastwood/AFP via Getty Images</a></span></figcaption></figure><p>Pennsylvania has over <a href="https://levees.sec.usace.army.mil">180 levees</a> that span approximately 155 miles (255 kilometers) and keep its rivers from flooding. They <a href="https://levees.sec.usace.army.mil">protect about 158,000 people and US$26.2 billion in property</a> across the state, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. </p> <p>However, those levees are aging, and funding to

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