arroyo
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“Flash, urban, and arroyo flooding is possible with the potential for significant impacts.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 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
“This arroyo would make one of the greatest parks in the world.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Boris, 29, ran across the muddy arroyo of the Rio Grande on Dec. 3 from Ciudad Juárez to El Paso.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021
She walked close to the arroyo bank to avoid the manure and mud.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
Over a century, L.A.’s arroyos have drawn graffitists and their chroniclers — hobo, cholo and otherwise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
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
They talked about sanitation and safety as they dragged the people to the paddy wagons; in July and August sudden cloudbursts could fill the arroyos with flood water and wash the shelters away.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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