Sentence examples for fierce flood from inspiring English sources
The utility acknowledged that a fierce flood of storm water, particularly if aligned with high tide, would force workers to shut down power stations in low-lying parts of the city.
Chile had a week of fierce floods last June, midwinter there.
Reforestation has risen to the top of the government's agenda after fierce flooding last summer, for which deforestation and consequential soil erosion were given much of the blame.
The Ibizan said his compatriots would have stayed inside in the face of rain so fierce it flooded streets in nearby Stockport.
PARIS -- For many Europeans, Washington's fierce reaction to the flood of secret diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks displays imperial arrogance and hypocrisy, indicating a post-9/11 obsession with secrecy that contradicts American principles.
Parts of southern England are only just recovering from widespread flooding before Christmas while coastal areas across the UK suffered heavy flooding following fierce storms in early December.
Hurricane Isabel began jabbing the North Carolina coast today, emptying out low-lying areas up to 40 miles inland in expectation of the approaching storm's torrential rains, fierce winds and tidal flooding.
On December 5, 2013 storms, floods and fierce tidal surges lashed the U.K. The pictures of the wrath of an over-heated mother nature are indeed worth a thousand words.
Fierce storms have broken down flood defence systems, battered coastal towns and destroyed part of a centuries-old landmark rock formation in Cornwall.
And thus it was with millions of men that night - a flight no-whither, with limbs heavy with heat and breath fierce and scant, and the flood like a wall swift and white behind.
The wine produced here is known as Côtes du Rhône, and although the impact of the flood and the fierce rains has not been fully calculated, wine growers' cooperatives estimate that more than half of the grape harvest of the Gard and a smaller portion in the Vaucluse -- accounting for almost 10percentt of France's vineyards -- might be ruined.
