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2.2.7 Strategies for decreasing the impact of floods

People in both regions mentioned several ways of decreasing or preventing impacts of floods. These were:�

  • dig ditches to steer the water away from houses
  • move people and possessions and drive the reindeer herds up on the hills
  • build floats
  • listen to experienced and older people to learn where it is safe to cross a flooding river.