Sentence examples for causing floods from inspiring English sources

Their sharp hooves compact the soil, ensuring that rain flashes off, causing floods downstream.

In the summer the heat disappears, and water flows up into the river, causing floods.

Later that morning, a huge storm swept over Maui and the other islands, causing floods and washing out roads.

Waves tore apart boardwalks, and swept through streets, causing floods more than five feet (1.6 metres) deep.

Some parts of Europe are now gripped by severe water shortages while other parts have suffered extreme precipitations causing floods and increased crop losses.

On May 1 and 2 Nashville received more than a foot of rain, causing floods that devastated vast stretches of this city, as well as surrounding counties.

There are more Fire Department calls as people steal copper plumbing from empty houses, causing flooding.

-- causing flooding and high seas and the death of a fisherman near Acapulco.

The number of typhoons that hit Japan without causing flooding is much greater than that of causing flood events in the study area.

Moisture from the tropical system spread over Honduras and Nicaragua, causing flooding.

Inez dropped heavy rainfall upon moving ashore, causing flooding.