Sentence examples for prevented flooding from inspiring English sources

The report concludes that the scheme prevented flooding that would otherwise have occurred to homes and the town museum.

Anthony P. Mercantante, the Middletown administrator, pointed out that the levee prevented flooding even during a memorable northeaster in 1992.

"We have drainage issues," is how Ms. Puglisi described the problems, noting that post-Floyd improvements had not prevented flooding.

Tree planting and other natural approaches have prevented flooding at Pickering in North Yorkshire over Christmas, at a time when heavy rainfall caused devastating flooding across the region.

He also cited a "slow the flow" scheme that has been shown to have prevented flooding at Pickering in North Yorkshire.

"We wanted to understand fully whether our efforts in recent years in trying to hold back and store water in the catchment prevented flooding in Pickering in the days after Christmas," said Slowing the Flow partnership chair, Jeremy Walker.

Fire crews say they have prevented flood water damaging an electrical substation near Reading, in Berkshire.

Upriver, stretches were straightened to prevent flooding of potential farmland.

We continue to do this today, to prevent flooding.

This can help minimize, or even prevent, flooding.

Dikes built along most of the coastline prevent flooding.