Sentence examples for improved flood from inspiring English sources

The improvements have restricted navigation in the lower south-western area, but greatly improved flood defences.

IN SPITE of alarming pictures from the Czech capital (see above) improved flood prevention measures look set to hold in Prague and fears of catastrophic flooding are subsiding.

David Cameron insisted that the amount spent on flood defences in the North is greater than in the South, and promised there would be improved flood protection for Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.

Between the 1950s and '80s, a number of dams were built, mainly in the north and northeast of the country, that have improved flood control and made it possible to increase the production of hydroelectric power and to expand agricultural areas that can be irrigated.

The surge led to thousands abandoning their homes, although officials hailed improved flood defences.

The results demonstrated improved flood retention and ecological functions, as well as increased economic benefits.

"We still have a few areas to tweak," Mayor McConville said, "but we've greatly improved flooding conditions throughout town".

River restorations are today expected to combine improved flood-protection measures with the ecological rehabilitation of the river reaches.

The neighbors nodes N1 and N2 receive the packet at intersections I1, but only N1 will rebroadcast it in the improved flooding mechanism.

Grants for homeowners and businesses will be available to improve flood defences.

Funding for "vital" research to improve flood forecasts, warnings and defences has been slashed by almost two-thirds since 2009, figures obtained by the Guardian show.