Flood control

Flood control is a term to refer to measures that protect settlements, people and property against flooding. Such measures include building dams, levees and weirs. People also move away from floodplains where flooding is frequent.

Although it may be impossible to prevent flooding, there are a number of methods you can carry out to stop the water coming into your home or working environment.^[1] Simply follow these steps:

Set up flood-barriers
Have flood doors and windows installed if necessary
Set up prevention and reaction solutions

Gallery

A mobile wall protects against the flooding of the river Elbe in Dresden, in 2013
A dam is built in Linz, to protect against the flooding of the river Danube, in 2002
The Rhine in Vorarlberg: The green strip of grassland is the floodplain
Danube flooding, in Lower Austria, in 2013