Sentence examples for widespread inundation from inspiring English sources

The warning center had said that "significant widespread inundation of land is expected," adding that dangerous coastal flooding was possible.

The rains that swell its upper valley begin in April and cause widespread inundation over the 200 miles of plains through which the river passes, thus delaying the arrival of the rainwater in its lower reaches until November December.

A tsunami warning means that an area is likely to be hit by a wave, while an advisory means that there may be strong currents but that widespread inundation is not expected.

Social resilience of the region has been tested with both terrorist attacks and the widespread inundation associated with Superstorm Sandy.

This paper examines the role of peat compaction as a driving mechanism behind the widespread inundation of a late Holocene coastal wetland in southeast England, UK.

Second, on the wet western side adjacent to the Andes, persistent vegetation cover during both glacial and post-glacial times, as well as widespread inundation by volcanic mass-flows, appear preventive.

Even so, the National Weather Service office in Corpus Christi has some pretty dire warnings for residents: they should expect "widespread deep inundation, with storm surge flooding greatly accentuated by powerful battering waves," as well as "structural damage to buildings, with many washing away," and "locations may be uninhabitable for an extended period".

Evidence of widespread coastal inundations from a wave 8 m high has been found as far south as Fife and the impact on shore-dwelling mesolithic societies in Orkney would have been considerable.

In North Carolina, widespread street flooding occurred, including inundation of portions of Interstates 40 and 95.

The new equations are likely to find widespread application in many types of flood inundation modelling and should provide a useful additional tool, alongside more established model formulations, for a variety of flood risk management studies.

Alongside the Gulf Coast, especially in Texas, there were widespread measurements of heavy rainfall, which included a total of 15.89 inches at Orange, Texas, which led to the inundation low-lying streets; this total was the highest attributed to Debra.