In most developed nations, all new developments are assessed for flood risks.
New Orleans has faced flood risks for nearly 300 years, and it always will.
Think about other flood risks, particularly if your property is at the bottom of a hill or below sea level.
Several proposals have been made to reduce the flood risk in the city, but none has reached the feasibility stage.
In the US, flood risk is insured by the federal government.
The lower river is managed because of flood risk, and there are three regulators which can be used to restrict the flow.
Help us and others to plan and manage our work to reduce flood risk.
Much of the town is protected from flood risk by locks and dams completed in the 1960s.
Heavy precipitation events are very likely to become more common and will increase flood risk.
We are responsible for managing flood risk from main rivers, the sea and reservoirs.