Sentence examples for network of flood from inspiring English sources

This week, he released a $20 billion plan for infrastructure along the city's 520 miles of coast, including a network of flood walls, levees and bulkheads.

"...a far-reaching plan... to protect New York City from the threat of rising sea levels and powerful storm surges by building an extensive network of flood walls, levees and bulkheads along its 520 miles of coast..

The city is prone to flooding from the River Ouse, and has an extensive (and mostly effective) network of flood defences with walls along the river, and a liftable barrier across the River Foss where it joins the Ouse at the 'Blue Bridge'.

This work has been and, will continue to be, promoted at local, national, and international platforms to attract and further expand upon the existing research and scientific network of flood-related risk assessment.

A network of volunteer flood wardens is being extended after last winter's heavy rain caused further incidents.

The main draw has turned out to be a network of partially flooded underground caves once used by the Mayans.

The apex of the 28-km-long Jökulsárgljúfur canyon is characterised by a complex network of palaeo-flood channels and large vertical knickpoints such as Dettifoss (54 m high) and Hafragilsfoss (20 m high).

The hazards of the cave complex, a network of dark, flooded tunnels that take specialist divers more than five hours to navigate each way, was underlined when one of the rescue team died early Friday.

Now the challenge is to get them out safely through the treacherous network of dark, flooded tunnels that take Thai Navy SEALs more than five hours to navigate each way.

Some places when partly or wholly below sea level may be defensible, at least to some degree — like New Orleans with its network of levees and flood barriers.

Con Edison, the electric utility that serves New York City and some northern suburbs, has been racing to meet a deadline of June 1 — the start of the hurricane season — to protect its network of equipment against flooding and storms.