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- noun Plural form of
floodway .
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Examples
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Walsh has made clear he may use other downstream "floodways" - basins surrounded by levees that can be intentionally blown open to divert floodwaters - to try to rein in the trouble.
The Seattle Times 2011
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In recent days, Walsh has said he might also make use of other downstream "floodways" - basins surrounded by levees that can intentionally be blown open to divert floodwaters.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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In recent days, Walsh has said he might also make use of other downstream "floodways" - basins surrounded by levees that can intentionally be blown open to divert floodwaters.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Walsh has made clear he may use other downstream "floodways" - basins surrounded by levees that can be intentionally blown open to divert floodwaters - to try to rein in the trouble.
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What's going on is that the Department of Environmental Conservation, which acts as the eyes and ears of FEMA, recently did an audit in Vienna and found 34 properties that have been allowed to build in designated floodways, which is against the law.
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The Corps took its orders seriously and for the next 125 years it built levees, gates, dams and reservoirs, spillways, floodways, and cutoffs.
Archive 2010-08-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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As the crest traveled south, it forced the Corps to open two more floodways to spare New Orleans—the first time all three floodways were operated simultaneously.
Flood Threat Builds Next Year Jack Nicas 2011
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For the first time, the Corps simultaneously opened all three of its major floodways on the Mississippi developed after the Great Flood of 1927.
After the Flood, Farmers Try to Dig In Joe Barrett 2011
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But the system of levees and floodways lining the Mississippi has contained most of the river in its path, preventing greater destruction.
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But the system of levees and floodways lining the Mississippi has contained most of the river in its path, preventing greater destruction.
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