Sentence examples for a flood of mud from inspiring English sources

Given the toll in lives and money, scientists like Dr. Staley and Dr. Kean are studying how and when slides happen — what characteristics of soil and underlying rock, what degree of slope and intensity of rainfall will cause a hillside to fail or a flood of mud to roar down a canyon, demolishing houses or whatever else is in its path.

Three days after the rupturing of two dams unleashed a massive flood of mud on nearby villages, authorities were still struggling to determine the cause of the disaster or even recover the bodies of as many as 28 people lost in the torrent.

A flood of imitations followed.

It's a flood of changes.

Expecting floods of mud and rock, people had piled sandbags and built heavy wooden walls.

Public sewers should work soon after a flood, but mud and debris might clog them.

When that creates a flood and a lot of mud, Pete concretes everything over.

With a highly alkaline pH of 13, the same as lye, the flood of red mud killed 7 people, sent more than 100 to the hospital with chemical burns and rendered dozens, if not hundreds, of homes uninhabitable.

Nonetheless, the region is basically stuck with a situation of mud or flood, the city's environmental commissioner, Carter Strickland, told a crowd of more than 300 anxious residents at a town-hall-style meeting that Mr. Hein organized in January at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge.

A month after the floods that sent a wall of mud and vehicles blasting through the streets, many houses are still filled with muck up to the first floor.

KRYMSK, Russia — Forty-six new graves were cut on Tuesday in a field outside this city, where catastrophic flooding has left behind a slime of mud and anger.