Examples of 'flood defences' in a sentence
Meaning of "flood defences"
flood defences - 'Flood defences' are structures or measures put in place to prevent or reduce the damage caused by flooding
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Fort McMurray plans to build up flood defences.
The flood defences failed in places.
Troops have been called in to erect flood defences.
Building flood defences and raising the levels of dykes.
Make best use of flood defences.
Flood defences aim to prevent water from reaching the project when a flood is occurring.
The council also wants to work on flood defences.
Venice flood defences.
Trees have been shown to be useful as flood defences too.
The Environment Agency has flood defences for the village but they were overwhelmed.
This also involved the reinforcement of flood defences.
Thailand 's flood defences under strain again.
Governments are taking steps to invest in infrastructure and upgrade their flood defences.
Cleaning up behind breaches in flood defences and along the coast.
This drew criticism from local people as no money had been spent on flood defences.
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However, hard structural flood defences will continue to be important to cope with extreme flooding.
The waters have already demolished the flood defences in many areas.
Using flood defences is estimated to reduce losses for high-risk properties by 70 per cent.
It can also reduce the capacity of channels in flood defences to carry water.
Did the flood defences fail?
Aberdeenshire Council has held meetings about the possible construction of flood defences.
Has the Commission contributed any funding towards flood defences in any other EU Member State?
Instead, governments typically foot much of the bill for building and maintaining flood defences.
Spending on flood defences in England is due to fall by 14 % this year.
This was constructed as part of the Yazor Brook flood defences project.
Subject: Flood defences.
Together, we rebuilt schools and flood defences.
The town 's flood defences were improved after a storm in 1990 caused flooding.
Leeds MP Hilary Benn said investment in flood defences must be increased.
Of Sennacherib 's palace, he mentions the massive limestone blocks that reinforce the flood defences.
However, annual real-terms spending on flood defences will fall by 15 % under the coalition government.
Tires can also be usefully recycled and re-purposed into flood defences.
The NAO report said every £1 spent on flood defences prevented almost £10 in damage.
The soldiers helped communities across the North-west build miles of temporary flood defences.
Flood defences were improved following the North Sea flood of 1953.
Due to subsidence caused by nearby coal mining, flood defences were breached.
Photographs show SIPOS 5 actuators mounted on penstock sluice gates at Brettachtal 's flood defences.
In Bewdley, the floods led to renewed calls for flood defences in the town.
From 1937 onwards Van Veen warned about the deplorable condition of the Dutch flood defences.
Subject: Structural funding for flood defences.
Around 600 military personnel have been deployed to the area to shore up flood defences.
Subject: Coastal erosion and flood defences.
The Netherlands is also affected and is spending $100 per person a year on flood defences.
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