Sentence examples for higher floods from inspiring English sources
During higher floods in 1998, some dikes broke and others had to be blown up to relieve the swollen Yangtze; 4,000 died and legions lost everything.
"This study provides an example of how well-intended human actions, in this case the construction of flood-protection systems, produces adverse effects, including higher floods," said Torbjörn Törnqvist, a geoscientist at Tulane University in New Orleans.
For so great a storm arose, that it was agreed that there were never seen higher floods in those countries; it swept down the snow from all the mountains, and broke over the banks of the river, and in one day carried away both the bridges which Fabius had built - a circumstance which caused great difficulties to Caesar's army.
But nobody can remember a higher flood.
A breach of the barrier will lead to higher flood levels along the mainland".
Higher flood walls and more bulkheads were needed, some experts said.
Higher flood barriers are in place near the Uffizi gallery; new reservoirs and another dam were built.
In all three cities, they found that hazard assessments indicated a higher flood risk when both drivers were accounted for.
Reduced infiltration increases runoff and leads to higher flood peaks and volumes even for short duration low intensity rainfall.
"The goal is to capture higher flood flows when they occur and get them into groundwater basins so we have them for droughts," said Snow.
The blue color represents higher flood risk, and red color represents higher drought risk.
