Sentence examples for high flood from inspiring English sources

"Planning guidance allows building to take place too readily in areas at high flood risk".

People have patrolled levees during high flood times along the Mississippi River for as long as anyone can remember.

It flows only after exceptional cyclonic storms ("willy-willies") and may be several miles wide during high flood.

The CCC recommended that the government should "develop a strategy to address the increasing number of homes in areas of high flood risk".

Previously, all homeowners could gain insurance even if they were at high flood risk, but the industry was increasingly worried about the escalating costs of providing this.

The first year of this parliament had a high flood defence budget set by the previous government, which was subsequently cut by about a quarter by the coalition.

The warning came as peers from all parties urged the government to rethink proposals to introduce a system of insurance cross-subsidy for houses situated in high flood-risk areas.

The government could see as much £4.3tn written off the value of properties in high flood-risk areas unless it rethinks the way insurance and mortgages are going to be provided for such vulnerable areas.

James Dalton, the ABI's head of property insurance, said: "We are running out of time to ensure that people in high flood-risk areas can continue to get affordable insurance.

However, there has been an agreement in place for 12 years that ensures that all those living in high flood-risk areas are guaranteed to find an insurance product for their homes, as long as the government continues to improve flood defences.

Polly Campbell, recently toured the 35-foot-high flood wall that will protect her St Bernard Parish neighborhood.