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Recent Examples of floodway
Blackburn says it's been difficult to get Texas officials to act on the severity of the threat from floodways and floodplains.
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Laura Sullivan, NPR, 9 July 2025
Large swaths of Camp La Junta’s property also coincide with Guadalupe’s floodway or in the 100-year flood zone, according to FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Sanders said although the team’s analysis showed the area faces major flood risks, California has had stronger local planning processes that have restricted construction in floodways.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
Both of Camp Mystic's sites overlap with either regulatory floodways or areas with a 1% or 0.2% annual chance of flooding, CNN reported this morning.
—Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Laura Sullivan, NPR, 9 July 2025
Large swaths of Camp La Junta’s property also coincide with Guadalupe’s floodway or in the 100-year flood zone, according to FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Sanders said although the team’s analysis showed the area faces major flood risks, California has had stronger local planning processes that have restricted construction in floodways.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
Both of Camp Mystic's sites overlap with either regulatory floodways or areas with a 1% or 0.2% annual chance of flooding, CNN reported this morning.
—Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodway
Noun
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Water stopped flowing over the spillway by mid-afternoon Saturday. Because of flood debris, the LCRA on Saturday was urging the public to avoid boating or swimming in the Highland Lakes.—
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Austin American Statesman,
7 July 2025
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The spillway is opened when the river is flowing into the Gulf at a rate of 1.25 million cubic feet per second.—
Amy Graff,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Noun
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During an extreme-rainfall event, the force of the water cascading down these straightened sluices meets with no resistance from meanders, and a river often has no way of reaching its floodplains—frequently now developed—which could absorb and store some runoff.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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The focus is on the Bangs Lake outfall control structure, which is currently maintained by manually making adjustments to the sluice gate.—
Gregory Harutunian,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
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“Floodway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodway. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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