The city has experienced major flooding in three of the past four years, including a record flood in 2009, and the Weather Service forecasts a rise of 31 to 36 inches this year.
Mr Hutt believes the dinosaur was swept up in a flood 120m years ago, "cartwheeled around" and dumped at the site where it was found.
Local officials are calling it the worst flood disaster in over 60 years.
In the next two years Novartis will unleash a flood of new drugs for an array of other deadly or debilitating illnesses asthma, diabetes, schizophrenia, organ failure, arthritis, skin disorders and eye disease.
According to computer simulations, today's defences in the Netherlands are supposed to withstand the kind of flood so severe that it would occur only once in 10, 000 years, he explains.
Many of the city's current flood defences are about 50-years-old after being built in response to the River Exe bursting its banks in October 1960.
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For example Canvey Island, which saw a terrible loss of life in the flood, has three times more people than 60 years ago.
Firm or slightly higher HDD pricing will help the industry invest in new capital equipment to repair the flood damage as well as invest in capital required for volume increases and technology transitions expected in the next few years.
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The flood of new drugs that has reached the market in recent years has brought gains in patient care--and more than one unintended result.
Though they were all thrilled to know that Dugard was found alive in the home of her alleged captor, after being held in a series of sheds in his backyard, her discovery has also brought back a flood of feelings that gripped the town in the days, months and years after she went missing.
Residents fought for years to have the berm rebuilt and other flood mitigation efforts put in place.
The Biggert-Waters Act passed in July 2012 proposed major reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) over the next five years.
Then there's the flood of small, high-mileage cars from other manufacturers hitting showrooms in the next couple of years (see "Small Is Big").
Although the firm's founders registered the Dagadu Djokdja trademark a few years ago, they say they have received no help from the local government in staunching the flood of pirated Dagadu products.
At the same time, their patents on blockbuster drugs are expiring and opening a flood of lower-priced generics which could cost the industry tens of billions in revenues over the next few years.
The BBC's Nick Bryant reports from Sydney that the river in Bundaberg is already above the flood levels witnessed in 2010, and meteorologists fear it could rise another metre, reaching levels not seen in 70 years.
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