Sentence examples for mud swept from inspiring English sources

I rolled bandages, mixed the Bowie mud, swept, raked, cleaned tack.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) — Floods and landslides devastated several mountain towns near Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, killing at least 257 people as torrents of water and mud swept through the region, burying many families as they slept.

Floods and landslides devastated several mountain towns near Rio de Janeiro yesterday, killing at least 257 people as water and mud swept through the region, burying many families as they slept.

A funeral for school custodian Summer Raffo, 36, was set to take place on Saturday in Arlington, a town only a few miles from the site where a torrent of mud swept her car off Highway 530 on 22 March.

Crews plan to search through a debris area on Wednesday for three men believed killed when a landslide described as a sea of logs and mud swept through part of an Alaska coastal town.

Eight bodies have been recovered so far after the 54m (177ft) deep wall of mud swept near the town of Oso, about 90km (55 miles) north of Seattle on Saturday.

The floor of the cafe was packed mud newly swept and he was the only customer.

The rainfall swelled the mountain stream into a wall of water and mud that swept over the 21 young people, most of them from Australia, and drowned them.

Posts on the website said the mud had swept through many of the buildings, with the chances of survival seen as extremely small.

A military helicopter arrived too late to help the dozens of people buried in the mud, or swept away by the roiling Likhu River at the base of the hill where the village stood.

It also brought down rocks and mud that swept across highways and cracked roads.