Sentence examples for rain flooding from inspiring English sources
The last traces of Tropical Storm Allison swept through New England, dropping up to seven inches of rain, flooding roads and knocking out electricity on Sunday.
He quickly had his hands full when Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas and dropped multiple feet of rain, flooding Houston and killing dozens of people.
On a Saturday evening ripped from the nightmares of New York City deliverymen — pelting rain, flooding — Guido Venitucci, the manager of Atlantic Cellars, a Brooklyn liquor store, packed bag after bag of bottles, to be shuttled out into the squall.
Photo: After a weekend of torrential rain, flooding from the rising Blackwater River led to the closing of downtown Franklin, Va., about 35 miles southwest of Norfolk, and the evacuation of some 70 residents.
North Dakota officials say Devils Lake has risen 27 feet since 1993, principally because of excessive rain, flooding roads and towns in northeast North Dakota and causing $400 million in damage.
KUALA LUMPUR — Under a dark sky with lighting flashing and thunder clapping and torrential rain flooding the track on Sunday, officials red-flagged the Malaysian Grand Prix only one hour into the race for safety reasons.
One spring, an unrelenting rain floods the river.
It stayed that way until overtime, when rain flooded into the stadium.
On the first night, torrential rain flooded the roads, but still the cinema was half full.
Elsewhere, a 40-mile section of the A1(M) in North Yorkshire remains closed after torrential rain flooded the carriageway.
Ecclestone said it would be wrong to blame the race organisers for a problem caused when rain flooded unofficial campsites.
