Farming can continue in some flood plains, but the best use for many repeatedly flooded areas is to reclaim them for forests, wildlife and parks.

Since settlement it has repeatedly flooded, sometimes with disastrous consequences.

As a result the ground was flooded repeatedly by the Connswater River, as the stirrup pumps were insufficient to drain the pitch.

The repeatedly flooded shorelines and the alpine pastures were used for grazing.

On Connecticut Avenue, Michael Lundwall's house, the ninth from the bay, was repeatedly flooded and lost its heat.

Areas of low elevation, including the downtown business district, have been flooded repeatedly in hurricanes.

The horseshoe crab shells lying about give the impression that the house has been repeatedly flooded, which it has been.

The village was repeatedly flooded in the 16th and 17th century, and was finally abandoned after the flood of January 26, 1682.

The town has been repeatedly flooded, with major flood events occurring in 1892, 1904, 1916, 1948, and 1969.

Through the centuries, the church and monastic buildings were repeatedly flooded by the Mondego.