Sentence examples for reached flood from inspiring English sources
And in the first days of August, the stream of refugees reached flood proportions.
Thereafter the city grew steadily, especially in the last half of the 19th century, when Chinese immigration to Manchuria reached flood proportions.
According to provisional data from the United States Geological Survey, parts of Boulder Creek reached flood levels that have a 1 in 100 chance of occurring in any given year — what some refer to as a 100-year flood.
1938 Rivers Flooding in China SHANGHAI — While the yellow flood of waters of the Hwang-Ho, "China's Sorrow," continued to spread out over more thousands of square miles in what threatens to be the most devastating flood in China in nearly a century, two other great rivers, the Yangtse and Tsientang reached flood stages in their upper courses.
The Ouachita River reached flood stage at Arkadelphia.
The Pawtuxet River reached flood stage on September 16, and crested the next day.
In the center of the table, the greenbacks reach flood stage.
The tide reaches flood stage, slackens, hesitates, and begins to ebb.
The Ohio is navigable, and, despite seasonal fluctuations that occasionally reach flood proportions, its fairly uniform flow has supported important commerce since settlement first began.
The Limpopo River's lower and middle courses reflect climatic changes, drying to a series of pools in the winter months and reaching flood proportions in the summer.
More than two feet of rain fell in seventy-two hours across a wide band of the state north and west of New Orleans, causing local tributaries to reach flood stages never before recorded.
