Sentence examples for rivers flooded from inspiring English sources

Because of extensive rainfall, rivers flooded and crops were ruined.

"The rivers flooded and washed through villages," said Col. Leopoldo Galon, a military spokesman.

Las Marielas!" They are the names my grandfather gave to his grazing grounds, all that remains of the open prairies that turned bright green when the rivers flooded.

"If we got two or three inches of rain and the rivers flooded out, in a week or two we would be having some serious problems".

Two storms rolling into Mexico from two opposite fronts have hit the country almost simultaneously with catastrophic consequences, leaving dozens dead, roads blocked and rivers flooded across the country, as well as tens of thousands of tourists stranded in the resort city of Acapulco.

The normally dry rivers flooded and broke through to the ocean, invading the waters with terrestrial debris that piled up on the beaches.

The plan involves building five dams on two Patagonian rivers, flooding 5,900 hectares (14,600 acres) of nature reserves.

Heavy rains across the region swelled many rivers, flooding low-lying areas along their banks.

In 1974, thousands of homes were flooded and 14 people died when the Brisbane river flooded.

In 1997 the Merced river flooded, inundating a hotel and wiping out hundreds of campsites.

Two refugee camps in Lebanon were also inundated when the Litani river flooded.