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<br />structur<o. Brush Me!. other debris "ashed dovnstre= may also collect at <br /> <br />HISTORY OF FLOOOIRG <br /> <br />these bridges, thus cresting a more serious damming effect and overbank <br />tlo"s. As tlood tlows increase, masses ot debris may break loo.e frOll! one <br />brilige and cause a wall ot "...ter and debriS to surge downstre"",,- until <br />anotherobstrl.lction is encountered. InsoW!instances,debrisms.;,rcollect <br /> <br />Th(! city otHolyoke has a very lilr.ited history of flooding. Intor- <br /> <br />mation on historical floods that have occured in the study area is limited <br /> <br />to historical raint'alls andnevspapertiles. StrelUllgagingstat10ns (Ret- <br /> <br />to the point "here structural deJllage may resu.1t. <br /> <br />ereoce 1) "ithin the Frenchc&n Creek basin (Table 1) sho" a verY limited <br /> <br />There ~e 00 existing or authorized flood control structures in the <br /> <br />.tudyarea. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />8 <br />