Even before the deadly floods in Texas last week, the United States had a problem. For years, the federal government has been ignoring calls for a nationwide network of flood monitors in American waterways. According to reporting from The Lever, 99 percent of waterways in the U.S. are not being tracked, largely because of governmental funding limitations. Today on Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with Lever reporter Freddy Brewster to explore how underutilized sensors called streamgages could protect communities from flooding disasters — and why they haven’t been fully funded. You can read The Lever's exclusive reporting on streamgages <a href="https://www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-floods-lawmakers-left-gap-in-warning-system/">here</a>.Get Lever Time Premium, with ad-free episodes, bonus content and extended interviews, by becoming a member at <a href="https://www.levernews.com/subscribe/">levernews.com/subscribe</a>If you’d like to leave a tip for The Lever, click the following link. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism. <a href="https://levernews.com/donate">levernews.com/donate</a>

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