About a week after the recent 100-year flood we had, a tropical cyclone started heading towards the country. Due to our latitude it was predicted to decrease in intensity to a tropical storm but there were fears that we'd be lashed with another bout of heavy rain while the ground was still fairly saturated from the previous storm.
Whenever we get heavy rain it tends to get into the sewers and cause them to overflow which pollutes both the rivers and the floodwaters, which carries a risk to public health. If the river gets high enough it'll actually submerge some of the sewer vents.
In anticipation of the approaching storm the city council installed some plastic sheeting underneath the sewer vents in our area, which is close to a river, to prevent storm water getting in.
In the end we didn't get the amount of rain that was anticipated so these measures were unnecessary, and they removed the plastic afterwards.
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
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