inundation

The inundation decimated farmland already ravaged by a series of storms.

Much of that 19th century system survives, in updated form — and its vulnerability to inundation has been only partly countered by the pre-Olympics cleanup binge.

One farmer told WFP that he was struggling to feed his family of six after losing his crops to floods, and was living in a temporary shelter with other families displaced by the inundation.

Eleven rivers were in a major flooding stage on Sunday, which means the flooding had caused an excessive inundation of roads and structures and required significant evacuations.

Ponding water also was found hundreds of meters inland near buildings and other structures, providing evidence of the extent of inundation resulting from the storm.