The Savick Brook / Ribble Link is situated in an area subject to a high flood risk according to the Environment Agency.
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In prehistoric times, the canal was a natural offshoot of the Nile which created a lake to the west during high floods.
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California law requires a property seller to disclose whether a home is in an area designated as high flood risk, Lohmann says.
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Cities and counties first must be rated as high flood risks, then enact building standards for flood safety mandated by the federal government.
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Its seat, Gangneung, was swamped by waist-high floods after getting rainfall of 89 centimeters ( 36 inches ) in less than two days.
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It also affects aquatic life, favouring strongly those species able to reproduce rapidly after high floods so that some will survive the next drought.
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High flood ramparts helped Budapest, the Hungarian capital, escape largely unscathed as the Danube peaked Monday at a historic high from the rain-driven floods.
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Many of the 260 people in the cramped gymnasium said their homes were devastated by the shoulder-high floods that they called the worst in years.
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Turkish television showed rescuers wading through knee-high flood waters in the Black Sea city of Rize, where five people were killed and two others missing.
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During rains, the river and its branches carry great volume of water in them and at the time of high floods they overflow their banks.
