Sentence examples similar to flood battered from inspiring English sources

In February, heavy rains and floods battered this country near the foot of the continent.

The floods battered New England, then Nashville, then Arkansas, then Oklahoma — and were followed by a deluge in Pakistan that has upended the lives of 20 million people.

BUDAPEST — The Danube, which normally bisects Budapest as a gently rolling swath of silver, hovered at historic levels Monday, as the Hungarian capital struggled as record floods battered Central and Eastern Europe.

BEIJING — The floods battering southern China are a deadly menace.

On alternate days, the crews repaired flooded engines, battered hulls and broken gearboxes.

What they found was an unprecedented assault: flooded tunnels, battered stations and switches and signals likely damaged.

But over the last two years, severe drought, in between bouts of flooding, has battered the region once again.

(Reuters) AFRICA MALAWI: THOUSANDS IN MISERY Thousands of families are still homeless and struggling to recover from torrential rains and flooding that battered the country in February, the World Food Program reported.

Abnormally intense rains and flooding have battered Houston and the surrounding area in recent years.

Fierce storms have broken down flood defence systems, battered coastal towns and destroyed part of a centuries-old landmark rock formation in Cornwall.

The bad weather and flooding that has battered much of south-west and southern Britain has left many farms covered by floodwater.