作文题目How to prepare and protect yourself from floods ,
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Sump pumps are the best defense against minor flooding and chronically wet basements,but if a river is rising nearby or a coastal storm surge is imminent,the best advice is to move your valuables to a high floor,then evacuate.And if there are flash-flood warnings,be quick about it.These floods move fast and tend to carry mud,trees and other dangerous debris with them.If you’re in a flood zone—check your address with the FEMA Map Service Center to find out—plan an escape route ahead of time.And never drive through moving water; it can be a deathtrap.Almost 50 percent of flood fatalities are car-related.Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security by the term “100-year flood,” either.That doesn’t indicate that a flood will occur only once a century.What it really means is that every single year there’s a one-in-100 chance of that level of flooding.If you live in a flood zone,the U.S.Geological Survey estimates that you’ve got a one-in-two chance of experiencing a flood in your lifetime.

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