Sentence examples for to floods from inspiring English sources
noun
A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
Natural disasters, from bird flu to floods, could cause chaos.
This made the region more vulnerable to floods.
Such lands are poor because they are prone to floods, drought and salinity.
It is starting with those living in the areas most susceptible to floods and disease.
When green cover is damaged, it leads to greater proneness to floods.
Its position so far upstream has left its water supply particularly vulnerable to floods and drought.
Hillsides are bereft of trees, leaving communities such as hers increasingly vulnerable to floods and landslides.
Many were reluctant, with some, such as Giandomenico Mesto, reduced to floods of tears.
A church in Provence brought me to floods of tears recently.
The storm, which made landfall on Monday, brought heavy rain that led to floods and landslides.
The government response to floods and climate change is completely shambolic.
