Without warning, a gushing onslaught of water from the wings knocks them into one another and down to the ground, obscuring individuals in one churning, flailing mass.
Officials said that in more powerful Class 3, 4 or 5 hurricane, the berm and dune might delay the onslaught of water, possibly allowing more time for people to evacuate.
To make matters worse, a few of the hikers were climbing a waterfall at the time -- putting them in the worst possible place to face the onslaught of water.
Because it may not be possible to hold onto little hands against an onslaught of water, teach your children in advance how to give themselves their best chance of survive if separated.
Its famous Chinese white dolphins — popularly known as pink dolphins due to the bright pink hue many individuals exhibit later in life — are quickly disappearing from the city's waters due to an onslaught of human disturbances.
(Press release) With chlorine supplies dwindling, children face onslaught of water-borne diseases Tuesday, 29 April 2003 – UNICEF warned today that rapidly dwindling supplies of chlorine gas in southern Iraq will leave drinking water untreated within weeks, with potentially calamitous effects on the lives of Iraqis.
(News Note) With chlorine supplies dwindling, children face onslaught of water-borne diseases Tuesday, 29 April 2003 – UNICEF warned today that rapidly dwindling supplies of chlorine gas in southern Iraq will leave drinking water untreated within weeks, with potentially calamitous effects on the lives of Iraqis.
Another farmer spent the evening worrying that the sudden onslaught of river water had stripped and scarred the prized soil that gave the land its reputation for bounty.
Japan's Port and Airport Research Institute has a flume to mimic tsunamis, built to generate one wall of water instead of a steady onslaught of waves.
The Bay, which played both the Toronto and New York film festivals, deals with a small town on the Chesapeake Bay which, in the course of one day, suffers a full-scale onslaught by a water-borne parasite -- a mutation caused by the infection of small creatures by chemical run-off and proximity to a nuclear power plant.
