Homes in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, were protected by a flood barrier around the village.
Homes in Sturminster Marshall were protected by a flood barrier around the village.
In the meantime the existing flood barrier will be repaired and strengthened.
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Existing flood barrier were repaired and strengthened and experts had drawn up four option to try to stop future flooding in the area.
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The official Pakistan Television Corporation only showed brief footage of Mr Zardari at the flood barrier, and of him visiting a camp for 2, 500 displaced people at a women's college in Sukkur.
The National Guard worked around the clock to construct a flood barrier in Morgan City, Louisiana, where the Atchafalaya River was already 3.15 feet above flood stage, according to the National Weather Service.
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Since 1984 London has been safely protected by the Thames Flood Barrier, built to prevent a repeat of storm surge that caused widespread destruction and killed 307 people along the east coast of England in 1953.
Work on a flood defence barrier across the River Orwell at the entrance to the New Cut is due to begin in 2014.
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The most likely spots for flood storage are between the barrier and Tilbury, to the east.
We've already seen 220 miles worth of levees and flood walls repaired, and we are working to strengthen the wetlands and barrier islands that are the first line of defense for the Gulf Coast. (Applause.) This isn't just critical to this region's physical protection, it's critical to our environment, it's critical to our economy.
It also said major changes including a new barrier were unlikely until 2070 as a one-in-1, 000-year flood would not occur until then.
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