Sentence examples for impassable roadways from inspiring English sources
Armies of snowplows and workers with shovels were making slow progress, and many cars remained abandoned along impassable roadways.
The result was severe, widespread damage, especially in northern areas, where the landscape was transmogrified by floating cars, downed trees, collapsed railroad embankments and impassable roadways.
As UCS points out, this disruption can bring power outages, interrupted cellphone coverage, impassable roadways, flooded basements, damaged homes and lower property values.
Seams in the tile sidewalks have made some routes impassable, forcing rollerskaters onto roadways, he said.
The deluge led to overflown rivers and streams, and left several roadways temporarily impassable from high floodwaters.
Dozens of residents were forced to flee in rising flood waters, and many streets and roadways became impassable as a result of Cindy's flooding.
All across the Northeast, routines of daily life were brought to a standstill Thursday as schools and offices shut down, roadways were left impassable and nearly 5,000 flights were grounded.
By the time the worst of the weekend's storm was over, at least six people were killed, countless vehicles and homes were smashed, scores of roadways were left impassable and more than 500,000 homes had lost power — many of them to face darkness for days to come.
A Chernobyl-scale disaster -- highly unlikely but nonetheless possible -- would require the immediate evacuation of millions of people along roadways that can be impassable at rush hour.
Dams were pressured, a silted lake overflowed, storm drains weren't draining, nearly all the major roadways in the capital were impassable and people retreated to attics and rooftops as the floodwaters rose around them.
