Sentence examples for record floods from inspiring English sources

(Elsewhere in Europe, cities were inundated by record floods).

The record floods began on Memorial Day weekend destroying hundreds of homes.

Contributing to sluggish sales were two record floods over the last six years and a tight labor market.

Over the past 10 years, say village leaders, they have seen record floods, droughts and landslides, which have thrown their lives into turmoil.

Freakish weather disasters — from the sudden October snowstorm in the north-east US to the record floods in Thailand — are striking more often.

Some residents had feared a repeat of Hurricane Floyd, which poured 20 inches of rain in North Carolina over two days in 1999, causing record floods.

In Louisiana, there was concern about whether levees could survive a record flood.

He said there had been record flooding in some areas and called it a "major event".

The explanation for the record flooding here last weekend is fairly simple.

But this year, the weather pattern known as La Niña caused abnormal drenchings that saturated the ground, setting off record flooding.

The attacks came as Pakistan's government grappled with record flooding that has displaced millions of people.