Zhongshan city is an easy subject to a flood disaster hit the city, complex system must work with the corresponding non-engineering measures combined, can play a greater role.

中山市是一个容易受洪涝咸灾侵袭的城市，复杂的工程体系必须与相应的非工程措施相结合，才能更大程度发挥作用。

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Though a flood wall was built in the 1960s, Londoners still must be prepared for the possible disaster.

尽管于20世纪60年代修建了防洪堤，伦敦人仍然需要为可能发生的灾难做好准备。

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That's because an economic disaster can devastate families and communities just as surely as a flood or tornado.

因为经济灾难就像洪水和龙卷风一样能摧毁家庭和社会。

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Yet, so long as they leave in an orderly trickle, not a flood, that need not be a disaster.

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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.

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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.

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