They strengthened the dikes to protect the village against the flood.
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Muskrats are responsible for the destruction of dams and dikes.
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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.
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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.
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