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Website points out flood-prone areas
Designed to help home buyers, home builders
Updated: Monday, 18 Mar 2013, 5:28 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 18 Mar 2013, 4:26 PM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin leaders on Monday unveiled a new plan to help protect residents from flood damage.
The city launched a website that shows where flood plains are in the city so people planning to buy a home know exactly what they're getting.
The site allows a user to type in a property address and it wiil show its proximity to rivers, creeks and ditches that could become flood hazards. Users also can have flooding information about a property mailed, emailed or faxed to them.
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