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flash flood

NOUN
  1. a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration

How To Use flash flood In A Sentence

  • Very heavy rainfall may lead to flash floods in small watercourses, causing rapid bank erosion and many small landslides and earthfalls.
  • There was speculation that Yorkshire Water's impounding reservoir in Boltby Forest, a mile from the village and 300 ft higher, had burst its dam and contributed to the flash flood.
  • And the crowning glory, the "green" sedum roof – actually more of a russet colour – on the Newton building, which acts as a natural insulator, helps prevents flash flooding and provides a haven for birds, bees and butterflies. The Green League university tables
  • Under water:Flash floods and blizzards bring winter chaos.
  • Canyons fill up very quickly after a heavy downpour, although flash floods are not that common.
  • He believes Ruess probably died in a flash flood or fell off a cliff.
  • Trees were uprooted by 100mph winds at the height of the storms and drivers had to be rescued from cars caught in flash floods. Times, Sunday Times
  • Chinese authorities have attributed Friday's tragedy to torrential rains that caused the area's worst flash flood and mudslide in 200 years.
  • The storm system is still causing flash floods along the Atlantic coast.
  • Meanwhile local governments began to count the total losses resulting from the flash flood.
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