Run-off from paved front yards and other hardscaping can contribute to street flooding and burden storm drains, whereas mulch ...

Another way to minimize flooding is to build a rain garden in your yard, which is a garden strategically ... A rain garden design includes layers of soil, mulch, and native plants with deep ...

washing out the monument mulch twice, geysering 3 feet high at a storm inlet on West Chestnut Avenue and flooding yards — though without causing damage to homes. “It looked like a monsoon ...