Over a significant number of floods, this will eventually result in the building up of ridges in these positions, and reducing the likelihood of further floods and episodes of levee building.

Each year great amounts of sand are washed away by storm floods and coastal management has not yet seen sustainable effects in the area, so that further losses have to be expected.

A series of floods and mud slides, caused by deforestation, further devastated the remaining population.

The work was nearly completed by 1767, but serious floods in October caused some damage, with further damage caused by more floods in February 1768.

In 1985, the Army Corps of Engineers built a dam around the lowest portion of Scottsville, providing protection against further floods.

The situation was further aggravated by smaller floods along the lower course of the Yellow River.

The close proximity of large areas of land that are prone to flooding, as evidenced by the severe floods that struck the region in July 2007, would make further expansion difficult.

Impeded by further floods, ( 23 August 1837, 3 November 1837, 20 March 1838, 3 April 1840 ) fires and leaks of methane and hydrogen sulphide gas, the remainder of the tunnelling was completed in November 1841, after another five and a half years.

The Miguel Alemán Dam on the Tonto river reduced the problem, but further floods occurred after it had been completed in 1955.

Late in his reign the annual floods along the Nile began to fail, further straining the resources of the government.

Hastened by increasing hardships, the Garhwal Himalayas soon became the centre for a rising ecological awareness of how reckless deforestation had denuded much of the forest cover, resulting in the devastating Alaknanda River floods of July 1970, when a major landslide blocked the river and affected an area starting from Hanumanchatti, near Badrinath to 350 km downstream till Haridwar, further numerous villages, bridges and roads were washed away.

During the reign of king Yao, the Chinese heartland was frequently plagued by floods that prevented further economic and social development.

It was also planned to divert the main stream of the Warta to flow east of Chwaliszewo ( in what was then a flood relief channel ), but this plan would not be realized until 1968 ( further major floods would occur in 1924 and 1940 ).

Major floods in the 1950s and 1960s led to the protection of the town by levees (‘ stopbanks ’) which have successfully prevented any further inundations.

* between the Takovo region ( north ) and Jelica mountain and Goračići region ( south ); here is located the town of Čačak, the river is dammed again ( Lake Parmenac ) and receives many tributaries ( mostly from the left: the Čemernica, Bresnička reka, Lađevačka reka ); at this point, the river enters the low valley of Zapadno Pomoravlje, meanders and floods often, so from now on the major settlements will be further from the river ( Goričani, Lađevci, Mrčajevci ).

It runs through the centre of Macroom, to which it provides drinking water ( and occasionally floods ), joins the River Launa one kilometre east of the town, before joining the River Lee a further kilometre east.

In the 20th century, the floods were less frequent and violent thanks to the dams and the re-afforestation in the Durance basin, but there were still serious floods in 1957 and 1994 with maxima measured at Mirabeau and at Sisteron of 2800 m³ / s ; and this volume was increased at the confluence with the Verdon by a further 500 m³ / s.

During the wet season, which lasts from July to September but lasts longer the further south one goes, the swamp floods into a lake and naturally irrigates the land.

The school closed in 1965 and further fires, floods and neglect slowly chipped away at the remains of the town.

The project further provided for the control of the river's floods through this Valley.

The country was hit by further floods in August ( normally a very dry month ), though these did not cause such widespread damage, but caused damage to the year's crops, causing an increase in the price of fruit and vegetables.

By the near future of 1995, the major cities have for been split between Policed Zones and the lawless NoGos for over a decade ; several of the southern states have re-legalised slavery under the term " indentured labour "; New York has a wall to keep out rising flood waters, while New Orleans is succumbing to floods.

The rebels may try to seize what is left of the October harvest when the floods recede and the monsoon ends in November.

In September 1984, record floods caused the deaths of 190 people and left 200, 000 homeless.

* On 15 August 1950 an earthquake and floods in Assam, India killed 574 and left 5, 000, 000 homeless.

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According to an outline, during the floods following the drowning of Númenor " the Bay of Belfalas was much filled at the east and south, so that Pelargir which had been only a few miles from the sea was left far inland ".

Big Lake ( the curved area in the upper left ) on June 15, 2011 during the 2011 Missouri River floods with the Missouri River in the foreground.

The diversion tunnel at river right would be used for carrying the river's normal flow around the dam site, while the left tunnel, above the water, would only be used during floods.

The wars left the town depopulated by plagues, partially burnt, and demolished by several consecutive floods.

In the upper Međimurje area, in the western part of the region, the Mur floods and changes its course rather often, moving slowly toward the north on its left.

Following the 2007 United Kingdom floods, which left 13 people dead, 44, 600 homes flooded and caused £ 3bn damage, Defra announced an independent review by Sir Michael Pitt.

The wars left the town depopulated by plagues, partially burnt and demolished by several consecutive floods.

In time, these settlers began moving to the left opposite shore because of more frequent disastrous floods.

File: Hoover Dam and Arizona Spillway, 1983. jpg | Water enters Hoover Dam's Arizona drum-gate spillway ( left ) during the 1983 floods.

Only in Nauvoo, Illinois, with floods of converts rising like a tide over the New York stalwarts who were left and with Lucy largely isolated in caring for her dying husband did her sense of her role falter.

The floods left more than 1, 000 people homeless, 300 of whom took refuge in a Red Cross shelter.

As of January 2010, 9 small scale floods and 2 large scale floods hit the Vaal River area in South Africa, due to unusually large amounts of rain were recorded from 2010 until the present. Vanderbijlpark is the second worst affected area after neighbouring Vereenigeng. As of February 2012, 37 000 people in total have been killed in Vanderbijlpark, total damage cost calculated at R919, 000, 000 ($ 114, 890, 098 ), and 109 left homeless. At the height of the flooding so far, in 2011, water levels have reached 32 feet above normal levels ( January 29th 2011 )

The Mareb is dry for much of the year, but like the Takazze is subject to sudden floods during the rainy season ; only the left bank of the upper course of the Mareb is in Ethiopian territory.

He and Argyll exchanged clothes, and she left the castle in floods of tears, accompanied by Argyll ; at the gate Argyll stepped up as lackey behind he coach.

The soil is fine clay loam left by the receding floods of the Yamuna.

The area became famous for Flamenco music and dancing, but major floods and forced evacuations in the 1960s left the neighborhood population dramatically reduced.

Triggered by monsoon rains, the floods left approximately one-fifth of the country of Pakistan underwater, affecting over 14 million people and damaging or destroying over 900, 000 homes.

The strip " perhaps someone left on the taps " points out the difference between terrorism in the United Kingdom, and the tax adjustments following it, and the same for the 2007 United Kingdom floods, questioning the definition of the " largest threat to society ".