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The flooding prevented half the airline operator’s workforce from reaching Suvarnabhumi Airport, which led to delays and cancellations, he notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Another wave of landslides and heavy rain have killed about 30 people in Nepal, as the Himalayan nation reels from August's catastrophic flooding that left 1,400 dead and thousands more missing.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Meteorologists also issued Polo-related warnings of heavy rain and flooding in parts of 10 US states including Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, some of which are experiencing drought.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Warmer seas help spawn Pacific hurricanes, which have already battered Hawai‘i this year. As I write this, rhyming storms named Polo and Nolo threaten to bring flooding to Hawai‘i and Mexico.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

A 25-foot wave might overflow the barriers, causing minor flooding and damage.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

I suddenly realized: You’ve always bought houses on tops of hills because you’re afraid of water-level rise and that’s because you were raised to think the tribulations will bring mass floodings.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2021

The adobe structure survived Rio Grande floodings, fires and a transfer of sovereignty from Mexico to the United States.

From Washington Post ● May 16, 2018

Crystal Bridges disassembled the pavilion-style structure, which had suffered floodings over the years, and rebuilt it on the museum’s campus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016

The West Branch of the mighty Susquehanna, which has plagued generations of residents with its spring floodings, was the primary means of ingress and egress for the area.

From The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography by George D. Wolf

It would only weary the reader to endeavor to disentangle the labyrinth of confusion, and to describe the ebbings and floodings of battle.

From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott