Environment Agency officials told residents in low-lying areas or near flood-prone areas to watch water levels.
He said the city had positioned rescue crews in low-lying areas where some flooding was anticipated.
"Excessive runoff from this storm will cause flooding of small creeks and streams" and affect low-lying areas.
Water rescue units were on standby in low-lying areas prone to flooding, just in case, he said.
Swamp: low-lying areas that are frequently flooded and support vegetation adapted to saturated soils e.g. mangrove swamps.
The flooding of overflow office districts in low-lying areas like Metairie could raise demand for high-and-dry high-rises downtown.
Wetlands: low-lying areas that are frequently flooded and which support vegetation adapted to saturated soils e.g. mangrove swamps.
Densely populated, low-lying areas, such as large river deltas and small islands, are at the greatest risk from flooding.
As it crossed over land, it began to weaken but still brought torrential rainfall and floods to the low-lying areas.
The Environment Agency said 1, 500 homes in low-lying areas would be at risk from flooding and coastal erosion without the flood defences.
The threat is more evident in heavily populated low-lying areas, and the risk multiplies with prospects of climate change and associated sea-level rise.
As you know, FEMA has been working closely, monitoring the ongoing flood fight along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, their tributaries, and other low-lying areas.
With predicted storm surges of up to 11ft, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered 375, 000 people in the city's vulnerable low-lying areas to leave their homes.
Last year, when Mr. Bloomberg ordered the same evacuation of low-lying areas as Tropical Storm Irene barreled up the East Coast, roughly 60% complied, the mayor estimated.
Fargo has purchased about 550 houses in low-lying areas since the 1970s to take them out of the flood plain or make room for levees, said Mayor Dennis Walaker.
Though the state's transportation authorities strongly advised citizens not to drive, some interstate highways in Oklahoma were jammed with stalled traffic, as heavy rains drenched roadways and flooded low-lying areas.
They talked about some of the tough things we have to deal with, particularly extremely low-lying areas and areas where we have a low-income black population who we have to be very sensitive about.
"We'd also like to encourage residents that either live in low-lying areas or mobile homes, or if they just feel vulnerable to the situation at hand, to maybe move to safer locations, " she said.
During that visit, an Indian professor's research predicted that global warming would force the migration of 125 million residents of low-lying areas in India and Bangladesh because of flooding, salinization of soils and shrinking fresh water supplies.
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In New York City, roughly 2, 500 people had booked into emergency storm shelters, less than 4% of the total capacity, nearly 24 hours after Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered an evacuation of 375, 000 people from the city's low-lying areas.
Some may suggest that international forces (perhaps led by the United States) should be deployed in the areas Jews have historically known as Judea and Samaria so as to ensure that they are not used to harm Israelis in the low-lying areas to the west.
Most of the store closings were along low-lying coastal areas prone to flooding, he said.
Low-lying coastal areas, including small nearshore islands, are among the most intensively used areas in all countries.
It said around half the 140, 000 people living in the camps are in flood-prone rice fields and low-lying coastal areas.
"Many of the camps are located in low-lying coastal areas, susceptible to tidal surge, " said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
It includes properties along the beach and in low-lying inland areas.
In South-East Asia Bangkok, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City are all low-lying urban areas, yet like Jakarta they have all taken too long to react to the threat of increased flooding.
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Such land is prevalent in Bangladesh, which has many low-lying, swampy areas.
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Mr Mitchell said the increasing numbers of people living in low-lying or famine-prone areas meant the scale of future tragedies would be greater.
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