But floods of liquidity don't directly combat problems of insolvency.
As for thermal coal, prices seem poised to edge up slightly because of the floods but, unlike metallurgical coal, there is plenty of thermal coal to go around.
Global warming may cause more frequent floods, but most flood victims go home when the waters recede.
"Running averages only work if you assume your data is isn't changing over time, which is good for floods, but not lightning, " he said.
But despite the extreme floods, the Gabba has been largely unaffected by the freak weather, with groundsman Kevin Mitchell Jr expecting no problems with the pitch on Sunday.
Earlier it said performances were not expected to be affected by floods, but that it was contacting audiences to warn them to leave extra time to find parking.
Train services affected by the floods are running but with possible delays.
Bolivia is used to seeing heavy rains at this time of the year but officials say the latest floods are particularly bad and could prove even worse than last year.
It closed because of damage from Thailand's floods late last year but reopened this summer.
Mr Allen said he had to wade home after the latest floods, "but at least my home was dry".
As it crossed over land, it began to weaken but still brought torrential rainfall and floods to the low-lying areas.
But if this year's floods have shown anything, it is that development must be accompanied by a careful consideration of its ecological impact.
The lawsuit says the state created a task force to address potential flooding along the river after devastating floods in June 2006, but the task force never convened before the 2011 flood.
But the excitement was overshadowed by the devastating floods that struck Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park that same September.
Mr. NEAL: You go back to the '60s, we see there was no nuclear attack but yet we had tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, a lot of them on an annual basis.
But even these are helpless in the face of floods as savage as this week's.
Past floods may have killed more people, but in terms of the sheer scale of the inundation, the submersion of '98 is the one to remember.
The focus is not just on low-carbon buildings, but also those that are resilient to stressors like floods or hurricanes, buildings that will bend, rather than break.
The 56km track is graded as a moderate hike, but involves some creek crossings and suffers frequent flash floods that can leave trekkers waiting it out en-route for several days until the trail becomes passable.
Correlations between asset classes are appearing in unexpected ways, but are unlikely to reach holders of catastrophe bonds, the securities issued by insurance companies that pay tempting yields but can lose their value in the event of floods, earthquakes and the like.
It is not surprising that the floods have put infrastructure in the spotlight, but this time it might remain there.
And it says some lessons have been learned from the 2007 floods, which caused disruption at GCHQ, but there was "still scope for improvement".
Because cats can see in the dark, they need almost no lights, but that particular night the glow of the full moon floods the town, enabling the young man to see every detail from his perch in the bell tower.
Those floods, though, were not of liquid water but of liquid carbon dioxide.
Floods are still devastating for people affected today - but the good news is that there aren't nearly so many of them.
Often it takes a crisis like these floods to get executive attention on sustainability issues, but business leaders with foresight have an opportunity to learn from the misfortunes of others.
Traders from Worcester Business Improvement District (BID) fear coverage of the floods has given the impression Worcester is closed, but said its flood defences had "not been put under any real pressure".
But now, following the restoration, then closure due to floods and reopening earlier this year of the below ground hypogeum and the very top tier of the arena, visitors can get the view from a totally different perspective and without the crowds.
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