flood-prone area

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flood-prone area

An area that has a 1 percent probability of flooding in any given year.Although popularly known as an area that will flood sometime in a 100-year period, this characterization is technically inaccurate.

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No references found			7 million residents may need to be relocated from flood-prone areas of Manila. Misery for 1.5 million month after Philippine storms by AFP / AFP Asian Edition The meeting acquired more importance as Shaiban expressed for it will review the survey's results carried out by the United Nations in assessing the urgent humanitarian needs in the flood-prone areas, in addition to discussing the survey's results carried out by the World Bank (WB) with regard to damage caused by the floods on the infrastructures, facilities and housings. Press Review: 26_September (Press) by Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen) At a meeting, residents called for a siren to be set up to alert people living in flood-prone areas and regular rehearsals of action when the siren sounds. Flooding warning by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			float Float an Issue Float-Down Floater Floater Insurance Floating an Issue Floating Currency Floating Debt Floating Exchange Rate Floating Exchange Rate System floating lien floating rate Floating Securities Floating Security Floating Shares Floating Supply floating zone Floating-Rate Contract Floating-Rate Note Floating-Rate Payer Floating-Rate Preferred Floating-Rate Preferred Stock flood insurance flood insurance rate maps flood plain flood-prone area floor floor area ratio Floor Broker floor duty Floor Give-Up floor joists floor load floor loan Floor Official Floor Picture floor plan Floor planning floor ticket Floor Trader Floorless Convertible Florin Flotacion controlada Flotation Flotation Cost Flotsam Flottement libre Flow of Funds Flow of Funds Statement Flow-through basis Flow-through method			Flood Risk Management Research Consortium flood routing Flood stage Flood stage Flood Study Report flood tide flood tide Flood tide (disambiguation) Flood tide (disambiguation) flood tides flood tides flood tuff Flood volcanism Flood volcanism Flood wall Flood wall Flood Warning Flood Warning Consultative Committee Flood Warning Issued flood with Flood Zone Determination Flood Zone Determination Services Flood's equation Flood, Curt Flood, Henry Flood, the flood-level rim flood-out pattern Flood-plain Flood-plain flood-prone area Flood/Flash Flood Statement floodable length Floodage Floodbank Floodbank flooded flooded flooded flooded flooded Flooded Battery Safety Vent Caps flooded gum Flooded Member Detection flooded stream flooded system flooder floodgate floodgate floodgate floodgate Floodgates Floodgates Floodgates floodhead flooding flooding flooding flooding flooding Flooding and Casualty Control Software

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