Sentence examples for thawing snow from inspiring English sources

The thawing snow, The Times noted, revealed "slimy layers of debris and ice pungent with the aroma of rotting garbage.

Farther afield, thawing snow combined with heavy rainfall caused the Rhine River to swell, and in the region around Paris the Seine burst its banks and prompted flood warnings.

In addition, from Nebraska through southeast South Dakota into southern Minnesota and Wisconsin, the combination of heavy rain and thawing snow and ice could exacerbate flooding and lead to ice jams on area rivers.

Rain and thawing snow could cause localised flooding and surface water on roads and fields, it said.

Firefighters said the flooding was caused by a mixture of heavy rain and rising temperatures thawing snow and ice, and have warned people to listen to forecasts.

More than 80 flood warnings and nearly 300 alerts are in place across Britain as thawing snow and heavy rain push river levels higher.

Rinse your thawed snow crab legs.

Melting snow swells the river as the spring thaw moves north.

But Kevin Gray of Philadelphia has patented a thaw-as-you-go approach: a heated tire that he says will melt snow and ice as it rolls along.

Seasonal dates of migration to and from the breeding ponds can be correlated with bouts of sustained rainfall, ice thaw, or snow melt sufficient to replenish the (often) seasonal ponds.

The results showed that during the freezing and thawing period, snow cover hindered the effects of the cumulative temperature on the thickness of the frozen soil layer.