Sentence examples for feet of flooding from inspiring English sources

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra warned that there could be as much as five feet of flooding in some areas.

Ms. Blumberg was speaking of West Chelsea, the gallery district that experienced up to five feet of flooding when Sandy passed through the region.

In Brigantine, just north of Atlantic City, it was not clear if the Rod and Reel Tavern, a beloved working class bar whose original liquor license dates to 1936, would survive two feet of flooding.

At 88 Greenwich, Mr. Stark said building managers had e-mailed residents the day Hurricane Sandy hit, telling them to expect six feet of flooding in the lobby, yet had not made any efforts to move gym equipment or protect other ground- or basement-level rooms.

Just across the bay from the Cape Lookout National Seashore, in aptly named Sealevel, which locals refer to as "the place God ran out of dirt," there was topsy-turvy evidence of Saturday's six feet of flooding, said John Fulcher, who runs a recreational vehicle park there.

The high tides caused up to 5 feet of flooding.

One of the two main generators was located on a roof, he said, but another "would be nonfunctional at about two feet of flood water around the generator".

But there was no running for cover in 1995, when the company's manufacturing plant was under 11 feet of flood waters and its largest customer declared bankruptcy.

The school was damaged by several feet of flood water due to Hurricane Katrina in the fall of 2005, and efforts to reopen the school were covered by nationwide news agencies.

When high tide corresponds with a full moon, it can produce half a foot of flooding even without bad weather.

Each foot of flooding reduced the percentage of businesses that have returned by about 10 points, he said.