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	ACTANTS		With other participants
1	Cause		Time (1)
	Modifier (1)		Modifier (1)
	NP (1)		NP (1)
The Saguenay flood of 1996 which cost the Canadian economy more than 1 billion dollars in damages, the 1997 Time Red River Cause flood and the 1998 ice storm, the costliest weather event in Canadian history with property damage exceeding $ 5 billion. [ CHANG 3CANADAENVIRON 0 MCLH 29/06/2013 ]
1		Location
		Indirect link (1)
		NP (1)
Sensitive areas such as river flood plains and coastal plains Location have become more vulnerable to hazards such as storms, floods and droughts as a result of increasing population density and economic activity; [ CHANG 13IPCCSTABILISATIONDESGAZ 0 MCLH 29/06/2013 ]

Annotated Contexts

• Impacts on aquatic ecosystems from changes in river flow, flood frequency, and nutrient and sediment inputs are likely to be greatest in the drier parts of the region.

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7IPCCREGION

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• Flood hazard is likely to increase across much of Europe - except where snowmelt peak has been reduced - and the risk of water shortage is projected to increase, particularly in southern Europe (medium to high confidence).

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3IPCCCONSEQUENCE

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• Without it, the 1997 flood would have left nearly 80 % of the city underwater and forced the evacuation of more than 550,000 residents.

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2CANADACCD9801

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Explanation This explanation is given in accordance with the typical term(s) shown in the actantial structure.	Lexical function	Related term
Related Meanings
More general term	Gener	event 1
Other Parts of Speech and Derivatives
Verb	V0	flood

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French :	inondation 1
Spanish :	inundación 1
Chinese :	洪水 1

Written by :	ALS MG MCLH GC AMG
Last update :	29/03/2015
Document :	flood.xml