Sentence examples for main flood from inspiring English sources

He said the main flood from upstream had passed the southern parts of Punjab and moved on to Sindh.

MULTAN, Pakistan — Surging waters are shifting flood damage southward in Pakistan, as the water level rises at one of the main flood barriers north of the city of Hyderabad, officials said Friday.

Jeremy Plester, a forecaster for MeteoGroup, said: 'The main flood risk areas would be north Wales, where the heaviest rain will be this weekend.' One of the worst-affected towns has been Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, although police yesterday said flooding was unlikely and the conditions were far removed from those last July.

As Bassanio pleads with Shylock, Antonio tells him, "I pray you, think you question with the Jew: / You may as well go stand upon the beach / And bid the main flood bate his usual height"; he ends with a declaration that nothing is harder than a Jew's heart.

The Danube peaked on Thursday in the Slovak capital Bratislava, where the main flood defences held firm.

Results show that the dependence between the main flood characteristics over time is not constant and not monotonic.

A burst water main flooded the street.

The pits, in the main, flooded to become ponds.

The blast snapped the trunks of palm trees and left a crater that punctured a water main, flooding the street.

A clean-up operation is under way after a burst water main flooded homes and businesses in a south London neighbourhood.

Thames Water has apologised to homeowners after a burst water main flooded an east London street.