Then we moved on towards the flooded areas, but the picture of the lively girl whose fate was not known to us at the time was simply haunting the author of the photograph just as it haunted thousands of people touched by the photo they had seen on the UNICEF pages.
The disapproval in the room flooded towards me.
Empathy flooded towards what actually was an unfeeling, man-made object.
As they flooded towards the exists the session's chairman, Archy Kirkwood, admonished 'those of you who think that lunch is more important than the future of the universe'.
"Britain has given hundreds of millions towards flood relief overseas," the editorial said.
On Sunday, the prime minister said cash going towards flood defences would be "more than the previous four year period".
Infrastructure plans: The chancellor reiterated previous announcements on infrastructure funding, including a £15bn road-building programme, £6bn for improvements to local roads and £2.3bn towards flooding and coastal erosion protection schemes.
The introduction of the Floods Directive signals a move from flood protection towards flood risk management in the European Union.
"Britain has given hundreds of millions in aid towards flood relief overseas," says its front-page leader column.
There is a strong bias within land use plans and regional policy statements towards flooding and landslide hazards.
