flood
Example Sentences
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“There’s so many more contaminants that are going to be hitting fields because of droughts and floods and all these extreme weather events. How are these crops becoming much more resilient?”
Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica in October as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, bringing heavy rains and flash flooding, downing power lines and cutting off the internet.
Seasons shift from summer to winter, and weather patterns can swing from floods one year to drought the next.
From Science Daily
A fundraiser has reached more than £200,000 in two days, with donations and condolences flooding in.
From BBC
But there is the potential for long-term health damage – heart disease, autoimmune problems - linked to "toxic stress", where the body is flooded with hormones like cortisol and catecholamines, which produce adrenaline.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
