This is no way to prevent flooding and protect our woodlands, rivers and special wild places.
To prevent flooding, a system of pumps, canals and levees was put in place by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Lots of good work and preparation have gone into efforts out there to prevent flooding and damage with state and local officials.
When temperatures warm more, the melting will come in earnest, prompting many residents to get water pumps ready at their businesses and homes to prevent flooding.
There are a lot of words to read between all these posts, so I will try to keep my thoughts relatively brief to prevent flooding the conversation unnecessarily.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls the World Trade Center site and is in charge of the museum's construction, also is looking at how to prevent flooding in the future.
If climate change continues unabated, the resulting sea level rises will force cities and states all along the coasts to divert parts of their already strained budgets into billions of dollars worth of infrastructure improvements to prevent flooding.
With conscripts frequently recruited to help prevent natural catastrophes or clean up afterward rural voters in this Alpine nation were clearly receptive to arguments that a professional army would not be filling sandbags to prevent flooding or shoveling out basements after mudslides.
Crews have been pumping out surface water overnight in four areas to prevent further flooding.
More solutions are needed to prevent future flooding of the north Devon village of Braunton, the council and local businesses say.
The review is to examine why the floods in June and July were so widespread and how to predict and prevent future flooding.
Indeed, not only is it impossible to prevent such flooding, but doing so would lay waste some of the benefits of becoming temporarily waterlogged.
It is hoped this will prevent greater flooding in winter and maintain water levels during the summer as the peat continues to slowly release water during the hotter months.
Mayor of Thatcham, John Boyd, said the works were "really good news" for residents in the town and said they should prevent flash flooding in the future.
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Consider, for example, the solution that the U.K. adopted to prevent the flooding of London by surge tides that occur under certain meteorological conditions and because tide levels have been rising two feet per century.
Jordan has declared that, should war erupt, it would seal its borders to prevent more Iraqis flooding across.
An operation to prevent water from flooding a hospital has been successful, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said.
Weinberg noted that Katrina had been a Category 3 hurricane before moving up to Category 5, and there are thus still concerns about whether New Orleans' partially-rebuilt levee system can contain a sudden storm surge and prevent the city from flooding.
The Environment Agency is being urged to do what it can to prevent a repeat of the flooding that forced about 1, 000 people from their homes in Ceredigion on Saturday.
The agency said the gate automatically closes to exclude higher tides and prevent any "increased risk of flooding to properties".
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Building snowmen could help prevent a big thaw causing more flooding in the two counties, a flood advice group has said.
It highlighted uneven flooring with small gaps and holes, flooding in the VIP area and a dysfunctional lift, and said some staff had tried to prevent journalists taking pictures of the affected areas.
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