arroyo

“Flash, urban, and arroyo flooding is possible with the potential for significant impacts.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

On a reporting trip to the U.S. border with Mexico some years ago, I was taken by an immigration expert to an arroyo on the outskirts of Tucson.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

"The water was so strong it pushed him into the arroyo," said Zamora, using the term for an usually dry riverbed that runs during heavy rain.

From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2022

Even a pot of California poppies and arroyo lupine can provide insect food and seed for birds, Trinidad said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2021

He ate as he made his way back to the arroyo, chewing the soft bone cartilage of pork ribs he found.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

“Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

To steer clear of the surveillance towers, people have pushed deeper into the mountains and now hunker down in arroyos and other crevices in the desert for longer periods of time.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022

Washes and arroyos – drainage channels that are dry except during heavy rainstorms – can turn into raging currents within minutes, strong enough to carry away cars and people.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021

It winds through an arid landscape of garbage-strewn arroyos, yucca and sagebrush, without paved roads or sewerage.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

After the storm, Dad took us to the arroyos, and we watched the flash floods come roaring through.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls