A flood had hit the area earlier that year and the damage it caused had driven away a number of birds.

那年早些时候，一场洪水袭击了这个地区，洪水造成的损害赶走了很多鸟类。

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Flood damage there was minimal because the ground is surprisingly higher closer to the river.

洪水造成的损失很小，主要是因为那里地势高且紧临河流。

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This morning, moreover, he had gone out to see if the damage to the hay by the flood was considerable or not.

而且这天早晨，他还出门去了解过洪水冲走干草是不是带来了巨大的损失。

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Sheikh Hasina won praise for her handling of the emergency, but there are fears that even a small flood this year could create havoc because much of the damage to flood defences from last year has yet to be repaired.

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Besides, experience over the past 30 years shows that flood damage keeps increasing despite the expenditure of vast sums on flood control.

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Despite the widespread flooding caused by such storms and though standard home policies do not cover flood damage, only about one-quarter of homeowners in risky areas have purchased flood insurance under a special scheme set up by the federal government.

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