Sentence examples for flood about from inspiring English sources

A projected one foot rise in sea levels in the Philippines by 2045 would flood about 5,000 acres, affecting 500,000 people, the report says.

The rising lake eventually broke over and through the chalk dam and rapidly drained in a catastrophic flood about 450,000 years ago.

Mr. Fernández said the project would flood about 14,600 acres, making it the "most efficient dam project in the world".

Environmentalists say that the $11 billion dam would flood about 200 square miles of the Amazon region and dry up a 60-mile stretch of the Xingu River, affecting fishing and the indigenous groups' way of life.

Six miles downriver is the site of the planned Ilisu Dam, which will create a 200-square-mile reservoir and flood about 80 villages in seven or eight years.

The crews of some boats chartered by aid workers refused to sail because they feared capsizing in strong currents.Although it is normal for the seasonal monsoon rains which collect across the border in India to flood about a third of low-lying Bangladesh, this year's floods have been the worst and most prolonged on record.

Hampshire Fire and Rescue said this was to prevent the risk of flooding to about 300 properties in the area.

The north-east of the country is continuing to be affected by flooding brought about by Cyclone Yasi last week.

Matt Shaffer, Merion's director of golf course operations, told reporters the green had flooded about 20 times over the last decade.

It knew of geological evidence that the region surrounding the plant had been periodically flooded about once every thousand years.

On Sunday, tides rose four and a half feet above average, flooding about 80percentt of the ancient, slowly sinking city.