Sentence examples for excessive floods from inspiring English sources

There are a number of storage reservoirs in the valleys of the mountain tributaries that are intended to counteract excessive floods.

Industrialization grew during the 15th century, and the area that now constitutes the Randstad developed rapidly; excessive flooding of the lakes led to the prohibition of peat digging during the 16th century.

NEW ORLEANS — A slow-moving and soggy storm that has been dawdling in the Gulf of Mexico for days is expected to come ashore this weekend, bringing rainfall so heavy that officials say excessive flooding is all but inevitable in areas along the coast.

In the present study, excessive flooding resulting from altered land-use activities increased mortality in wetland tree communities.

Excessive flooding or dry out of the open cathode can lead to a dramatic reduction of fuel cell power.

The proposed CIM uses a congestion control policy to confine the excessive flooding in ER by controlling the number of forwarding hops and relay time.

In this method, both the influence of excessive flooding and the effects of strength reduction of rock masses and weak structural planes on dam stability are considered.

In particular, excessive flooding of the open-cathode during long-term operation can lead to a dramatic reduction of fuel cell power.

Excessive flooding poses risks to human life and is a major contributor to the poverty and vulnerability of marginalized communities especially women and children in poor families (Douglas [2009]).

To deal with this problem, the proposed congestion control function introduces a mechanism to prevent excessive flooding based on the number of forwarding hops of the message and the relay time of relaying the message.

We investigated tree decline status, tree size, species composition, and capacity for clonal propagation along an elevation/hydrologic gradient to understand community structure and composition dynamics resulting from excessive flooding.