21. Americans should not . . . subsidize homeowners who choose to live in the high flood risk areas, 22. Emergency officials waded through neck-high flood waters, working to restore power that was out in most of the city. 23. In Budapest, 10-meter ( 33-foot ) high flood ramparts in the center of town kept the Danube at bay. 24. The much-diverted waters of the Colorado in the American West reach the sea only in years of high flood . 25. People have patrolled levees during high flood times along the Mississippi River for as long as anyone can remember. 26. The high flood waters surged upstream in Oregon Creek, lifted the bridge from its abutments and carried it away. 27. Relief officials said schools have been closed in many places because the buildings were swamped with knee-high flood waters. 28. Zoo employees with tranquilizer guns stalked an Asian Fallow deer and a handful of does in waist-high flood water. 29. Waist-high flood waters inundated parts of the Bangladeshi capital Friday, forcing commuters to use boats instead of cars or rickshaws. 30. When in high flood the weir creates a large standing wave, which can be surfed by numerous paddlers at once.
