Sentence examples for a monsoon struck from inspiring English sources

A monsoon struck, and though it passed quickly, the court was so slick that the game had to be halted in the second half.

The monsoon struck southeastern India as usual, in the second week of the month.

The monsoon strikes Arabia from the opposite direction.

Children and families continue to cope – and rebuild their lives – a year after devastating monsoon floods struck Pakistan.

For many, it was the second such crisis in two years: Just a year after the flooding that overwhelmed the country in September 2010, the monsoon rains struck once more, sending hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.

When monsoon flooding struck Sindh Province earlier this year, Tariq was one of the 2.4 million children affected.

Last summer, torrential monsoon rains struck this region of Pakistan, destroying the small hut where her family lived.

Six months after the devastating 2010 monsoon floods struck, UNICEF continues to act on the urgent needs of flood affected people, most of whom have gone back to find their houses and communities in total devastation.

Lightning bolt strike from a monsoon thunderstorm over Casa Grande, Arizona.

Just in the past week, monsoon-like rains have closed down much of the city while the volcano Mount Merapi on Java is showing signs of an imminent eruption and an earthquake struck the west coast of Sumatra.

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) — Dozens of people were killed and thousands more were rescued by NATO-led Afghan forces after flash floods set off by heavy monsoon rains that struck rugged and remote northeast Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.