Sentences with phrase «swollen rivers flooded»

Swollen rivers flooded streets and homes throughout the state, making travel impossible for thousands.

Not exact matches

White racists bombed black residents repeatedly through the 40s and 50s, and the area was repeatedly flooded when the Trinity River swelled.

Frightening stuff, especially as our random thoughts count as sins too, and they flood in and out like a swollen river most days.

The river of his life, which had ebbed to a trickle gradually swelled over the course of 40 years until it overran its banks and flooded a college campus.

But in the rainy season, April through August, the river may swell in its deep gorge as much as 65 feet above flood stage.

A controversial decision in 2011 to blow up Mississippi River levees reduced the risk of flooding in a city upstream, lowering the height of the rain - swollen river just before it reached its peak, according to a newly published computer modeling analysis led by UC Irvine scientRiver levees reduced the risk of flooding in a city upstream, lowering the height of the rain - swollen river just before it reached its peak, according to a newly published computer modeling analysis led by UC Irvine scientriver just before it reached its peak, according to a newly published computer modeling analysis led by UC Irvine scientists.

In the light of this error, regulators worldwide are reassessing whether other plants are vulnerable to catastrophic floods, caused by tsunami, swollen rivers or failed dams.

It is a drizzly Sunday afternoon in April, three months after a devastating flood that drenched a landmass the size of France and Germany combined and isolated the town after the rain - swollen river rose to a record 45 feet.

Moore cites devastating floods that swelled the upper Mississippi River to a record size in December 2015 — not the time of year when the river is expected to overflow its bRiver to a record size in December 2015 — not the time of year when the river is expected to overflow its briver is expected to overflow its banks.

Prolonged rain had swollen the three rivers and flood waters at St Louis peaked at nearly 15 metres above normal.

With snow - melt plus more rain, the swollen river is threatening a catastrophic flood.

Huge rain storms over the past week have left the Brazos River in southeast Texas swollen with water and causing devastating flooding.

South Dakota is primed for flooding each spring, with heavy snowmelt, thunderstorms and a swollen Missouri River.

But it does not cover natural flooding, which occurs due to excess rain, storm surge, or swollen rivers and streams.