Sentence examples for devastating rains from inspiring English sources

SYDNEY, Australia — Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city, braced for its worst flooding in 35 years early Wednesday, as flash floods from devastating rains that have been sweeping vast areas of the country's northeast for weeks raced toward it.

After devastating rains in 2010 brought the city to a standstill and killed more than 70 people, Rio developed a state-of-the-art intelligent operations center.

Families struggle to survive after devastating rains in northern Ghana TAMALE, Ghana, 24 September 2007 – Abadegsahwie holds tight to her children these days.

Witness the devastation of the Midwest this past summer, the devastating rains, winds and floods of Irene and Lee, cycles of drought, wildfires burning out of control across parched, once-verdant farmland -- evidence of climate change above and beyond El Niño and La Niña.

In the wake of the devastating rains pounding Texas and Oklahoma, the LA Times ran a headline saying the floods "fuel hope for California drought relief".

ENSO shifts winds all over the world, can create devastating rains and flooding in South and North America, and has even been linked to social unrest in countries that require imported food.

A major clean-up was under way today as flood-battered Cornwall recovered from devastating torrential rain.

The country is once again facing devastating climatic conditions: rains have failed; millions of people need food aid; children are suffering from severe malnutrition.

One summer night at the arena in Verona, Italy, she was devastated when rain washed out the last act of "Nabucco," and with it, one last scene of Abigaille's.

This is the fourth consecutive year in which Brazil has endured torrential rains and devastating landslides.

In Peru, officials abandon plans to host the lucrative Dakar Rally and prepare instead for torrential rains and devastating floods.