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  • And surely we are all particularly pleased that they are planning to build them in flood-risk areas?

    Squandered Patrick Vessey 2008

  • The university team is also looking at other flood-prevention measures such as a better early-warning system, improved water resource management, a flood tax, the use of a flood-risk map for urban development and groundwater-use controls.

    CNN.com 2011

  • And in four areas, Hull, East Riding, South Gloucestershire and Stockton, the rate of development was higher in flood-risk areas than across the district as a whole.

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

  • Print Aberdeenshire evacuation begins in flood-risk area Homes have been evacuated in an area of Aberdeenshire at risk of flooding.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • And in four areas, Hull, East Riding, South Gloucestershire and Stockton, the rate of development was higher in flood-risk areas than across the district as a whole.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • Pakistan began evacuating half a million people from flood-risk areas in the south on

    Raw Story 2010

  • Pakistan began evacuating half a million people from flood-risk areas in the south on Thursday as the overall number hit by the country's worst floods in living memory rose to more than four million.

    Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News 2010

  • According to floodsmart. gov, the average cost of flood insurance is less than $570 a year, and the most expensive policy, which covers household contents, is $5,700 a year for properties in high flood-risk coastal zones.

    dailypress.com - Breaking news 2010

  • It had to carry out a flood-risk assessment to satisfy the Environment Agency.

    News round-up 2010

  • KARACHI: Pakistan began evacuating half a million people from flood-risk areas in the south on Thursday as the overall number hit by the country†™ s worst floods in living memory rose to more than four million.

    The Times of India 2010

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