flood-proofing

In recent years, FEMA has provided grants to states to help local governments acquire properties for demolition, elevation or other flood-proofing.

Claims Flood Insurance Fund Leslie Scism 2011

Some residents are flood-proofing their homes, and workers are installing temporary aluminum walls to protect the city's signature minor league baseball stadium.

Midwest flood fight: Fargo pushes back against Red 2011

The bald statement by Labour placewoman Baroness Young of Old Scone, a Brown crony, that water bills will have to rise to pay for flood-proofing towns and cities will come a surprise to those citizens who do not live in areas prone to flooding and too anyone who is aware that the water providing companies are, quite literally, a licence to print money.

Archive 2007-07-22 2007

And the hospitals have also looked at flood-proofing their premises to make them far more resilient, should we have another Katrina.

CNN Transcript May 22, 2007 2007

Or, as the CRS report puts it, policymakers began to consider new programs to increase funding for "voluntary buyouts, demolition, elevation, and flood-proofing."

FEMA's Flood Insurance Beach Blogger 2005

Or, as the CRS report puts it, policymakers began to consider new programs to increase funding for "voluntary buyouts, demolition, elevation, and flood-proofing."

Archive 2005-10-01 Beach Blogger 2005

LOTHIAN: Most importantly, they say, the city should take a proactive approach, such as flood-proofing buildings or constructing walls.

CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2005 2005

They will probably be most effective if applied in a carefully selected combination of means, with levees and other protective works installed where feasible and desirable, and backed up in other areas by zoning, flood warning systems, and good design including flood-proofing, elevated structures, and similar devices.

The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior United States. Dept. of the Interior.

Federal agencies on flood-proofing and other devices for averting flood damage at and around the capital city.

The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior United States. Dept. of the Interior.

"The governor promised to send MnDOT folks to Scott County to work with us on flood-proofing," Beard said.

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