Sentences with phrase «trapping floodwaters»
REF is currently working in the coastal regions of the Mississippi River Basin in Louisiana to restore a part of the one million acres that contain approximately 40 — 45 % of the wetlands found in the continental U.S. Wetlands feed downstream waters, trap floodwaters, recharge groundwater, remove pollution, and provide fish and wildlife habitat.
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The HSUS Animal Rescue Team helped farm animals trapped by floodwaters, pets who ran away when winds blew out windows and doors and shelter animals who needed a ride to safety.
They had been trapped in their house in New Orleans for two weeks by 10 feet of floodwater.
Carolina gave birth to Rositha while she was trapped in a tree just feet above swirling floodwaters.
Rep. Brian Babin (R - Texas), who sits on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee and has rejected the mainstream scientific view that humans are the primary driver of climate change, was trapped in his Houston house by Harvey's floodwaters.