It is part of a 100-year plan for flood risk management around the estuary.

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Unions and environmentalists plan to flood their supporters with pamphlets and calls during the campaign's last fortnight.

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The shareholder rights plan would flood the market with newly issued shares if anyone buys more than 10% of the firm.

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And the only real answer is reallocating money from the federal flood-insurance program and other flood-mitigation projects to this plan.

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Less than 1% of money for preventive works in a big federal investment plan (called the PAC) found its way to flood-prone Rio de Janeiro state last year.

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