inundation

Example Sentences

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Few regions expect an inundation from below, explained Kristina Hill, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who studies rising groundwater in urban coastal areas.

From Salon

The park service last year launched an effort to restore the area around the Tidal Basin, subject to frequent tidal inundation — it regularly hits one section of its banks.

From Washington Post

What most worries these communities is “nuisance flooding,” the quiet inundation that can amount to a few inches or several feet of standing water and that is getting worse.

From New York Times

An alternative to seawalls is allowing inundation in selected low-lying parts of the bay, a tactic the researchers call “strategic flooding.”

From Scientific American

That view has echoed around the world in recent weeks, with huge inundations destroying lives and property.

From BBC