flood zone
Example Sentences
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When 17 million gallons of water poured out of a broken water main under Sunset Boulevard into downhill neighborhoods in West Hollywood, family businesses and residents’ cars and personal items were in the flood zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Research flood insurance, even if you aren’t in a flood zone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Elevated high above the flood zone and offering 1,250 feet of direct water frontage the property unfolds with extraordinary scale and privacy.”
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Many of the more than 21,000 people who were evacuated from the flood zone began to return home as water receded in the central coastal city of Hue on Wednesday morning.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
Estimates of the flood death list in Columbus continued to range from fifty to five hundred, although these figures represented largely opinions of officials on duty in the flood zone.
From The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado by Logan Marshall
