Local officials are calling it the worst flood disaster in over 60 years.
According to UN Habitat, the mega-cities of the future, (those with more than 10 million residents) will be "giant potential flood and disaster traps" if insufficient action is taken on behalf of their residents.
It seems cynical to encourage people to travel, says Stefanie Rother, a spokeswoman at TUI, before adding that it would be terrible if an economic disaster followed the flood.
When disaster strikes, contractors flood the area to cash in on the rebuilding effort.
Yet, so long as they leave in an orderly trickle, not a flood, that need not be a disaster.
The Environment Agency is asking local authorities in the north of England for a 63% increase in funding for flood protection schemes to avert another similar disaster.
The satellite will have a number of viewing modes that will enable it to perform a wide range of roles, from flood monitoring and land cover classification to disaster mapping and maritime enforcement - notably ship tracking and oil spill detection.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, appearing with LaHood, said the task force he leads that is overseeing the federal disaster response examined 10 years of FEMA flood mitigation efforts to reach the new standard.
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.
In many cases flood or earthquake damages are covered solely by these specific natural disaster policies.
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Provincial disaster official Raul Agustin told ABS-CBN television that marooned flood victims were often reluctant to leave for fear their homes would be looted.
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.
Those should be made available to all the provinces and districts for active response as well as to National Disaster Management Authority for policy formulation and strategic guidance and to Federal Flood Commission for monitoring of flood infrastructure.
But the first few days after the disaster have been spent dealing with people injured while trying to escape the flood.
Residents across Bradford are being asked to complete a flood awareness survey as the council works out how it would deal with a potential disaster.
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.
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If there is any natural disaster on the property or on the World Heritage site, such as earthquake, flood or damage caused by armed conflict, the World Heritage Fund can be required.
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