Sentence examples for overwhelmed communities from inspiring English sources

Deeply divided over Syria, haunted by memories of an explosive refugee crisis a generation ago, it has mostly ignored the problem, dumping it on overwhelmed communities like Qaa.

Schools across the drought-hit Somali region closed as pastoralists took their children out of classes to help supplement the family income, and many schools were closed or destroyed as floodwaters overwhelmed communities during the rainy season.

So went many of the troubling decisions here and elsewhere in North Dakota and Minnesota this week, where river and stream levels have overwhelmed communities, swamped some homes and roads and rural towns, and are threatening cities like this one.

The flames crept towards the river front with little interference from the overwhelmed community and soon torched the flammable warehouses along the wharves.

Ministers should urgently introduce a national litter strategy to deal with the problem before struggling local councils become overwhelmed, the Communities and Local Government Committee recommended.

In host countries, 1.2 million Syrian children are now refugees living in camps and overwhelmed host communities, and have limited access to clean water, nutritious food or learning opportunities.

Many cities have been forced to divert dwindling supplies and power to overwhelmed hospitals and community centres.

In both, the instinctive altruism and resourcefulness of local communities was overwhelmed by what disaster scholars call "élite panic" — the fear on the part of the powerful that the powerless will react with irrational violence.

In both, the instinctive altruism and resourcefulness of local communities was overwhelmed by what disaster scholars call "élite panic"—the fear on the part of the powerful that the powerless will react with irrational violence.

"With ordinary services overwhelmed, support from local communities and volunteers was vital".

The areas that had been ignored: Red Hook, Rockaway, Staten Island, Coney Island, Brighton -- all of these communities were overwhelmed by damage from the storm.