Dikes

They strengthened the dikes to protect the village against the flood.

Muskrats are responsible for the destruction of dams and dikes.

Between 1920 and 1968, the Dutch used dikes and pumps to shut off a shallow bay of the North Sea, and turn part of it into land.

The Hungarian Government met in an emergency session late Thursday, as soldiers and rescue workers shored up dikes along a stretch of the Danube river, which is expected to rise to its highest level in decades.

While the authorities still believe most dikes will hold, a cloudburst and severe thunder storm made matters worse late Friday.

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