Sentence examples for floods strike from inspiring English sources

A3 Floods Strike Asia Governments across Asia were racing to cope with homelessness and outbreaks of disease after heavy rains across the Himalayan foothills caused rivers from southwestern China to northeastern India to flood vast parts of the continent.

Where will the deadly floods strike next?

CATASTROPHIC FLOODS STRIKE HOUSTON "At least 25 inches of rain have fallen in parts of Southeast Texas since Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport on Friday evening".

Floods strike the Niger amidst nutrition crisis and cholera outbreak SARANDO GANDA, Niger, 5 September 2012 - In Sarando Ganda, a village along the Niger River on the outskirts of Niamey, many of the mud-brick houses have collapsed or are severely damaged, leaving 70 per cent of the population homeless.

Last summer's floods struck as farmers were preparing to harvest the autumn crop.

In 2011, flooding wreaked havoc on low-lying homes and businesses, and this past January, floods struck again.

Cumbria's floods struck at the halfway point of the crucial two-week UN climate summit in Paris.

The country had barely recovered from the 2005 earthquake which killed 73,000 people when the 2010 floods struck.

In June, thousands drowned when flash floods struck the northern state of Uttarakhand, and the Indian authorities evacuated more than 100,000 people.

Compared with their neighbours, many of which are still closed, they have able to reopen their bar, The Fossgate Social, just three days after the floods struck.

Natural disaster, in the guise of hurricanes and floods, struck the Haitian town of Gonaïves this fall, killing nearly 2,000 people and leaving another 1,000 missing and presumed dead.