• The Jubilee River, a flood relief channel which diverts flood water away from the River Thames, will protect up to 3, 300 properties in the area.

    BBC: Osney Island in Oxford

  • He has fought tenaciously to ensure that his men and women have the kit they need to do the surpassingly hard things Marines are routinely asked to do - from urban warfighting in Fallujah to rapid humanitarian relief in flood-ravaged Pakistan, and everything in between.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Send away the Marines?

  • Until Herbert Hoover took over Mississippi flood relief, the river had repeatedly broken through its levees.

    FORBES: American Pyramids

  • America is both by far the biggest donor to flood relief and the biggest source of other bilateral aid.

    ECONOMIST: Banyan

  • It is hoped that the three final stages of the flood relief scheme along the Ea Beck will begin in August.

    BBC: Rare newts moved for flood bank repair in Doncaster

  • Queenslander Watson and his team-mates donated some of their match fees from the second Twenty20 to the Flood Relief Fund, along with England players.

    BBC: Australia's Shane Watson set for Brisbane return

  • The opposition has also criticised the government's flood relief programme.

    ECONOMIST: The troubled country does not want an early election

  • And in the summer of 1997, when congressional Republicans attached controversial measures to a flood relief bill, Clinton again used the veto and again found exoneration in public reaction.

    CNN: By Ronald D. Elving, CQ Staff Writer

  • To raise funds for flood relief in eastern Germany, the old government had already decided to postpone income tax cuts due to start next January 1st by a year, and to impose a one-off levy on corporate profits.

    ECONOMIST: Germany's new government

  • He said both planning applications would deliver funds for a feasibility study into a village-wide flood defence scheme where SLP would provide the land and construct part of a flood relief channel and also help two of the most frequently flooded properties in the village.

    BBC: Feniton flooding, November 2008

  • The flood-relief supplemental appropriations bill, bogged down all week, appears to be a large part of the problem and may not be cleared until after the recess, holding up billions of dollars in relief and infuriating representatives of the hard-hit areas.

    CNN: Budget Stalls In Congress

  • 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.

    ECONOMIST: When government fails

  • The international relief effort has been doing less to help the flood victims than it might have done.

    ECONOMIST: Pakistan's shaky government

  • Roberts added that in times of drought, flood or other forces of nature that hurt farmers, Congress generally passes disaster relief bills that cost billions and are bureaucratic nightmares.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • He said the 93 schemes would bring "huge relief to tens of thousands of homes and businesses that have lived with the fear of flood waters hitting their doors".

    BBC: Construction to start on 93 new flood defences

  • Echoing last year's battle over aid to the flood-ravaged Midwest, the White House is criticizing House Republicans for politicizing important issues like disaster relief and military support.

    CNN: Disaster Relief, Military Spending Bill Moves Forward In Senate

  • Jindal noted that the levees and flood walls in southeast Louisiana held up to the storm's wind and rains, to the relief of citizens and officials alike, but that water did overtop New Orleans' Industrial Canal.

    CNN: Louisianans can return to powerless homes

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