Sentence examples for relieve flooding from inspiring English sources

The same is said of the international money that came to the country to help relieve flooding in 2010.

In the late '70s, the city built a storm sewer system down Greeley Avenue, on the western side of the neighborhood, which helped relieve flooding during heavy rains.

First, they are less fearful of approaching government officials, like with a recent plea to build a drainage ditch to relieve flooding.

Already weakened by reforms that draw power from the presidency, his decision to fly abroad rather than lead operations to relieve flood damage has left him deeply unpopular.

Steve Cooper, who lives near the bridge, said he was relieved flood barriers seem to be working, while Jon Fraser from the county council said roads are being reopened when possible.

While organisations tasked with assisting and relieving flood victims, local businesses and the general public "have been wonderful", Caroline is less enthused about her local MP, John Stevenson, and the government in general.

In America and China, the government has long had the right to breach dykes and periodically inundate occupied land to relieve extreme flooding.

"The county council is working with the Environment Agency and are supporting a proposed scheme led by them to raise banks and introduce other measures to help relieve this flooding issue".

The second short-term measure, the details of which follow in a fortnight, would compel the rest of the EU to help relieve the flood of migrants into Italy and Greece.

In addition, he says, smoking may temporarily relieve the symptom by flooding the brain with nicotine and stimulating the defective receptor.

He advocates allowing some areas of farmland to flood to relieve the pressure on the surrounding land and moving those properties elsewhere.