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flood

[fluhd] / flʌd /




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Just as residents were beginning to clean up the flood damage, Super Typhoon Bavi bore down on eastern China, threatening more rain.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

He said this created a "multi-generational financial and environmental liability", leaving our descendants with years of flood defence maintenance and the "insurmountable challenge of safe, millennia-long, highly radioactive nuclear waste isolation, amid a changing climate".

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

After that there was a flood of offers.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

At the same time, he said, there has been a flood of capital into lower- to middle-market private-equity funds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

For fifteen minutes, the three boats fled from the flood of ice, and then just as suddenly as it had appeared, it faded away, and the water grew calm again.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

The floods come a year after the region was ravaged by floodwaters over the Fourth of July weekend in a disaster that killed more than 100 people, including 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

For Southern California, that means a higher chance of above-average rainfall, risking a winter of flash floods and landslides.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

The heavy rain began more than a week ago and as it intensified in recent days, authorities issued warnings about floods and landslides, evacuated families in high risk areas, and postponed student exams.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

More rain is forecast for the coming days, with authorities issuing warnings for more landslides and floods, and evacuating families in high risk areas.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

That changed when the first king of the City of Bright Moonlight stopped the floods of his city.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

During that period, sea levels were extremely high and broad continental shelves were flooded.

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 2026

Social media has been flooded with posts from users in Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru questioning refereeing decisions or expressing disapproval of Argentina, while messages mocking rival teams also proliferated from Argentine accounts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Quiet village streets nearby were sealed off and flooded with police and specialist armed officers.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The demand is pushing up airfreight volumes when higher U.S. tariffs are eating into the market for cheap e-commerce packages that flooded freight networks over the past several years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Rias, riverbeds that have been flooded by the sea, form deep harbors that reach inland, creating channels that can funnel waves.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

At least two people have died in flooding across central Texas - the same area that saw more than 130 deaths in flash floods last summer.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

“They don’t necessarily care if they’re flooding our market.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

More high-tide flooding is also possible in an El Niño.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Extreme weather has wreaked havoc on southern and central China this week, bringing torrential rain and severe flooding to Guangxi, with a super typhoon heading towards eastern provinces this weekend.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

The hum had sunk into the center of him and broken open, flooding him with this new perception—a whole new sense attuned to mesarthium, and he was master of it.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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