Sentence examples for rain overwhelmed from inspiring English sources

The sudden rain overwhelmed the Kennedy Expressway, a major Chicago thoroughfare that runs to O'Hare International Airport.

The fresh storm comes as Royal Marines have been drafted in to help evacuate areas of the Somerset Levels after heavy rain overwhelmed local defences.

The chairman of the Environment Agency has visited the stricken Somerset Levels for the first time since it was hit by floods, as another night of heavy rain overwhelmed local defences.

Nearly 1 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled into Broad Creek in Prince George's County on Wednesday night after heavy rain overwhelmed a sewage pumping station in Fort Washington, a utility spokesman said.

The wind built to near gale force, diagonal rain overwhelmed the wipers, and driving felt like heavy-weather sailing as we ran through the long, centerless sprawl of Lincoln City, an out-of-focus blur of tossing stoplights, where Julia spotted a flag blazoned with the face of Jesus Christ and the message "PERHAPS TODAY," like a tsunami warning.

Torrential rain overwhelmed drains and left much of the town's shopping centre under two feet of water as severe flooding hit the area for the second time in less than a month, leading to the police warning to local people against venturing outdoors.

The rain overwhelmed the south-facing slopes above Montecito, flooding the creek and sending mud and boulders into residential neighborhoods, officials said.

In just a matter of minutes, pounding rain overwhelmed the south-facing slopes above Montecito and flooded a creek that leads to the ocean, sending mud and massive boulders rolling into residential neighborhoods, according to Santa Barbara County Fire Department spokesman Mike Eliason.