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Recent Examples of floodway
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.
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Occasionally, the Army Corps will open spillways and floodways that are designed to divert floodwaters during extreme weather events.
—Amy Graff, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The organization also manages the area’s floodways, including the Central City Flood Control Project, which would create new bypass channels that are an integral part of future Panther Island development.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
As the value and worth of the collection have come to attention, the museum realizes its liability — it is located within the Jones Falls floodway.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Occasionally, the Army Corps will open spillways and floodways that are designed to divert floodwaters during extreme weather events.
—Amy Graff, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The organization also manages the area’s floodways, including the Central City Flood Control Project, which would create new bypass channels that are an integral part of future Panther Island development.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
As the value and worth of the collection have come to attention, the museum realizes its liability — it is located within the Jones Falls floodway.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodway
Noun
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There, it was successfully utilized to help spawning American shad and blueback herring bypass a spillway located between Lake Marion and the Santee River.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 May 2025
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Occasionally, the Army Corps will open spillways and floodways that are designed to divert floodwaters during extreme weather events.—
Amy Graff,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Noun
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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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Still, on May 4, India lowered sluice gates at the Baglihar dam, effectively reducing the downstream flow to Pakistan through the Chenab River by up to 90%, according to the Hindustan Times.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
7 May 2025
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“Floodway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodway. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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