Sentence examples for urgent flood from inspiring English sources

During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, David Cameron announced £10m for urgent flood work in Somerset.

The government is to spend £10m on urgent flood work in Somerset which will be part of a wider £130m spend over the next two years on recovery, repairs and defence maintenance.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, with the strong backing of the Obama Administration, plans to convene an emergency UN meeting to kick start international donations on August 19, with the U.S. already having directed $76 million in urgent emergency flood relief, evidenced by U.S. military helicopters running relief supplies ferried in from U.S. bases throughout the region.

Six months after the devastating 2010 monsoon floods struck, UNICEF continues to act on the urgent needs of flood affected people, most of whom have gone back to find their houses and communities in total devastation.

This may be related to a variety of factors: poor problem recognition, a lack of political priority due to the presence of (traditional policy domain) problems that are considered more urgent, expectations that flood risk will be lower than expected or not occur at all, and a lack of incentives in terms of regulations and economic incentives [73].

Help continues to arrive As the Niger battles the severest floods it has seen in years, UNICEF, in coordination with its partners, is providing immediate relief assistance to meet the urgent needs of flood victims.

In the Sudan, tens of thousands of people displaced by recent floods are reported to be in need of urgent food assistance.

In response to initial requests from the authorities in Balochistan, the organization has already delivered blankets, water-purification tablets, tents, jerry cans, emergency health kits and other relief supplies to meet the urgent needs of flood-affected children and families.

The total effect is a flood of urgent, conflicting detail.

UNICEF issues urgent appeal as Ethiopia flood toll rises and supplies run low NEW YORK, 29 August 2006 – Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands more made homeless by floods sweeping across Ethiopia.

Calls have been made for urgent action to prevent flooding along the A55 and avoid a repeat of Thursday's "chaotic scenes".