flooding
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So far, no casualties have been reported in Bangkok from this latest flooding.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Widespread flooding across Thailand in 2011 killed more than 500 people and damaged millions of homes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The River Arts District, a string of old warehouses along the French Broad River that artists turned into studios and galleries over decades, took some of the worst of the flooding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Tens of millions of people across the north-eastern US are in the path of a powerful storm this weekend, which has already brought coastal flooding, power outages, travel chaos and cancelled stadium events.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
I began to rest more frequently and for longer periods, to try to cool down a little, but each time I set off again the heat came flooding back.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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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 is similarly of service for piles, and for female floodings, because exerting a special local action on the organs within the middle trunk.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie