The floods prompted changes in safety measures, river monitoring and zoning laws.

The flood prompted a vast renovation and revitalization of the area that has allowed it not only to survive but to thrive.

The floods prompted officials to shut down roads to keep people out of harms way.

Further floods in the 1920s prompted works to enlarge the sewer.

The flood prompted a succession of improvements to the sea defences around the perimeter of the island.

This flood prompted the federal government to assume responsibility for flood control throughout the country.

The flood prompted costly repairs that were compounded with continual water supply problems.

Further floods in 1947 prompted an unprecedented construction of canals throughout southern Florida.

A flood of lawsuits challenging lethal injection as cruel and unusual has stalled executions in some states and may prompt others to abandon them.

These floods prompted emerency evacuations in hundreds of villages throughout Taiwan.