Sentence examples for major downstream flooding from inspiring English sources

Contrary to popular belief, upstream forests have been shown to have only a limited influence on major downstream flooding, especially large-scale events (FAO, CIFOR [2005]; Ives [2004]).

This capacity will reduce the frequency of major downstream flooding from once every ten years to once every 100 years.

With the water rising rapidly behind the debris, authorities worried about downstream flooding and issued an evacuation notice Saturday.

With the water pooling behind the debris, authorities worried about downstream flooding and issued an evacuation notice Saturday.

This vision (called Vital Uplands) proposed that there should be more vegetation in the hills to reduce "the risk of downstream flooding".

Reductions to downstream flooding also reduce damage to livestock, machinery, infrastructure, and crop lands.

However, the decision to rapidly expand the electronic availability of healthcare records has some major downstream consequences.

In northern England, some £500 million has been spent over the past decade on blocking drains to rehabilitate upland peat wetlands, partly to reduce downstream flooding.

What role does upstream vegetation play in controlling downstream floods?

Thus, the frequency and extent of subsequent overbank flows and floodplain inundation decreased, which reduced downstream flood attenuation and increased downstream flood hazard.

Major flooding along coast.