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Recent Examples of floodplain
Insurers can use their unique insights into risk to shape effective policies, including stronger building codes, floodplain management, and cutting carbon pollution, all of which prevent or reduce losses from extreme weather events.
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Mindy Lubber, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
The 1,600-acre former floodplain is great for hiking and birdwatching: Keep an eye out for sandhill cranes and neotropical migratory songbirds, nonprofit conservation group River Partners notes.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
Participating communities agree to adopt and enforce floodplain management ordinances to reduce future flood damage.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Today, roughly 95 percent of structures in Rockaway Beach sit in what is known as the 100-year floodplain.
—Laura Thompson, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2024
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Mindy Lubber, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
The 1,600-acre former floodplain is great for hiking and birdwatching: Keep an eye out for sandhill cranes and neotropical migratory songbirds, nonprofit conservation group River Partners notes.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
Participating communities agree to adopt and enforce floodplain management ordinances to reduce future flood damage.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Today, roughly 95 percent of structures in Rockaway Beach sit in what is known as the 100-year floodplain.
—Laura Thompson, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodplain
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The leaders also highlighted ongoing concerns about drought in the Colorado River basin and housing.—
Nick Coltrain,
The Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2025
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Dominating the bottom left is the massive Caloris basin, spanning 1,500 km, surrounded by radiating troughs from its ancient impact.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Florida climate is similar to that of the capybaras’ homelands—they are found in every country in South America except Chile, usually in places where dense forests and grasslands meet water sources, such as rivers and swamps.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas These states are subject to big grassland fires that can move very quickly in high wind conditions, putting large numbers of homes a risk, said Radeloff, the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
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The enormous reservoir sits at the confluence of the U.S. and Mexico borders, and the views offer a mix of steep-walled river canyons and wide-open waterways with 12 public boat ramps and 7 paddling trails.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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One side of our canyon is scorched bare, yet miraculously, firefighters managed to save our little community with 30 structures lost.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Hang on to your bonnets, y’all—Laura Ingalls Wilder is making her way back to the prairie.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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Located along a longtime migratory path on Lake Michigan, Cook County attracts a wide variety of birds to the lakefront, as well as forest preserves, wetlands and prairies.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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Otherwise, what appeared to be a great opportunity and a perfect fit, could wind up being a career pothole in disguise. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Scarce water reduces them to extracting moisture from potholes via syringes.—
Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
13 Jan. 2025
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From this elevation west across the deep gulch that existed was one of the toughest pulls of the entire trail.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
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In the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere, did Wim’s dad seem to find him pretty quickly, considering that that gulch was a long speeder bike ride away from home?—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
6 Dec. 2024
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Around the turn of the century, Israel’s forestry department converted part of the Negev Desert into a savanna, planting trees in a mosaic of natural and altered patches to boost species diversity.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
30 Sep. 2024
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They are found in forests, savannas and wetlands of West Africa.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.—
Virginia Iglesias,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
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“Floodplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodplain. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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