flood zone

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of Milwaukee basements flooded recently were outside of a federal flood zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

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

Even if America’s moral and psychological center has shifted closer to their neighbor Dale Gribble’s paranoia flood zone, Hank and Peggy’s hasn’t.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025

The governor, who had spent part of the day surveying the flood zone, said authorities had issued a storm warning and knew about a possible flash flood, but "didn't know the magnitude of the storm".

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

At the same time arrangements also were made for policing the flood zone and preventing looting.

From The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado by Marshall, Logan