Sentence examples for better flood from inspiring English sources

I think if the road infrastructure was stronger in this country, if there were better flood control, fewer people would die in emergencies like these.

There would also be better flood control, more water for use in droughts and new money for water conservation and recycling.

The costs of damage could be curbed by better flood protection and insurance schemes, but faces political obstacles, according to Jongman.

The essay cited a few drawbacks — flooded cultural relics, displaced populations — but the author went on to assert that these were easily outweighed by the benefits of better flood control, a greater supply of electricity, and improved river transportation.

The UK has better flood defences, a more appropriate mixture of ways to generate electricity, greener transport, new and more resilient infrastructure and millions of homes benefiting from improved insulation and the lower energy costs that go with it.

This is necessary, they say, because global warming will affect developing countries more than rich ones, partly because tropical and subtropical lands are more sensitive to warming than cold or temperate ones, and partly because rich people can afford better flood controls and drought-resistant seeds than poor ones.

In the decades following the floods, the NWS utilized enhanced radar technology and computer models to better forecast flood events, as well as improved communications.

New energy-saving street lights, bus shelters, benches and gardens will be added in addition to storm water management technology to filter urban runoff and better manage flood waters.

And Eli Lilly consults with payers and physicians before consumer campaigns.But at a time when consumers are increasingly encouraged to take control of their own health, and expected to foot more of their own drugs bill, pharma firms need to do better than flood the airwaves.

Michael J. Dabney, FEMA's mitigation director for the New York region, said the maps were created with new technologies that better assess flood risk, and indicated it was important "that everyone knows their risk, so local emergency managers can know how to deal with that risk".

This study provides engineers and practitioners with a method that helps them better assess flood risks and develop mitigation plans accordingly.