Sentence examples for in the event of flooding from inspiring English sources

Officials were considering closing the Midtown Tunnel, connecting Norfolk and Portsmouth, in the event of flooding.

Environment Agency staff are on the ground ready to help residents in the event of flooding.

In the northern Virginia suburbs around Washington DC, the authorities began distributing sandbags in the event of flooding and a storm surge from the Potomac river.

In the event of flooding, you can call the National Flood Insurance Program (888) 379-9531 or the New York State Department of Insurance (212) 480-6400.

Turning off the propane supply at tanks and securing tanks in the event of flooding to prevent them from floating away.

"A further 1,000 were on standby in the event of flooding or other such civil emergencies and we placed a further 2,000 on standby as a precaution in case the threat level increased.

City police mobilised 50 small boats to use in the event of floods.

Legislation incorporating disclosure principles in the event of flood has passed the House of Representatives, but remains stalled in the Senate.

Flood plains and river beds across the Netherlands were deepened, and construction along rivers was systematically removed to create open public spaces that, in the event of floods, would be inundated, avoiding damage to property and loss of life.

The largest of these dams, crossing the five-mile- (eight-km) wide Eastern Schelde (Oosterschelde) estuary, has been built in the form of a storm-surge barrier incorporating dozens of openings that can be closed in the event of flood.

Correlations between asset classes are appearing in unexpected ways, but are unlikely to reach holders of catastrophe bonds, the securities issued by insurance companies that pay tempting yields but can lose their value in the event of floods, earthquakes and the like.