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
“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
Farm owner Mark Rutherford, who runs Camp Llandudno in Conwy county, is also concerned his site could be impacted as his main field is in a flood zone.
From BBC ● May 25, 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
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
