In flood-prone Bangladesh, for instance, CARE is helping women who raise chickens switch to ducks.
It will require tough decisions on whether building and rebuilding should be encouraged in flood-prone areas.
Fire crews also had to remove a car which got stuck in flood water on Meaford Road.
But Labour's shadow environment secretary, Mary Creagh, said the government's investment in flood defences actually represented a cut.
Louisiana officials earlier issued advice to residents in flood-affected areas on how to prevent snake encounters and bites.
The letters raised concerns about the lack of progress in securing future insurance cover in flood risk areas.
An expanded home buyback program for people living in flood-prone neighborhoods will be included in a later funding application.
Louisiana officials Tuesday issued advice to residents in flood-impacted areas on how to prevent snake encounters and bites.
The Cambridgeshire seal, which was filmed in flood water, was spotted at Fen Drayton Lakes Reserve, in Swavesey.
The Environment Agency told residents in flood-prone areas to watch water levels closely.
One in five or 600, 000 people live in flood risk areas in Wales.
It said around half the 140, 000 people living in the camps are in flood-prone rice fields and low-lying coastal areas.
These amphibious bicycles have the potential to save thousands of lives in flood-prone regions of the developing world, like Pakistan.
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In Devon and Somerset, the fire service was called to 18 rescues of people in vehicles caught in flood water.
Firefighters went to the aid of a woman whose car had become stuck in flood water on the A5 near Froncysyllte.
The government is seeking EU funding to help with the cost of the clear-up in flood-hit Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
Third, the program forces those who live in non-risky areas to subsidize the decision of others to live in flood-prone areas.
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He is applying existing advanced technology to allow people to live safely in flood-prone areas in northeastern India and neighboring countries.
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The agency said the homes and businesses added to the list were in flood risk areas in Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex.
In December, a woman being washed away in flood water near Umberleigh, Devon, was saved and 12 people were rescued in Lostwithiel, Cornwall.
Case in point: fewer than half the residents in flood and hurricane-prone areas were insured against water damage from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy.
Some property owners without flood insurance (which mortgage lenders require of most people living in flood-plains) will get relief from a federal disaster-loan programme.
Those living in flood-prone areas might want to consider carrying a small hammer or specific car window-breaking tool in the glove compartment for this purpose.
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Few Germans, especially in the west, want to insure against floods and those who do probably live in flood-prone areas where insurers charge high premiums.
Police received a report of another incident involving a vehicle being trapped in flood water on Boddington Road in the Byfield area, by Boddington Lake.
During 2010, UNESCO supported Early Childhood Education Centers in Government Primary Schools located in flood affected areas of these districts, which continued up to March 2011.
The agency will locate mobile homes in flood plains now, she says, if they're placed on a fixed foundation that complies with federal flood plain regulations.
One of the key objectives of the workshop is to compile all the available Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of organizations involved in Flood Management in Pakistan.
Homeowners and businessowners who suffered flooding in Sandy's record storm surge in flood zones spent much of the day either grieving or rolling up their sleeves.
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