The mound protects the house in a flood-prone zone and becomes an extension of the courtyard into the landscape.

土丘保护了在洪水易发区的房子，并成为庭院景观的延伸。

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Also included in the report was a survey of residents in Zone A, the city's most flood-prone areas whose 375, 000 residents were under a mandatory evacuation order during Sandy.

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Flight 447 was passing through an area prone to volatile and dangerous weather known as the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone when it went down.

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