Sentences with phrase «bring widespread flooding»

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria battered the U.S. Gulf Coast and Caribbean earlier this year, bringing widespread flooding and wind damage.

For instance, the summer of 2002 in Europe brought widespread floods but was followed a year later in 2003 by record - breaking heat waves and drought.

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But neither of these hurricanes brought the kind of widespread flooding currently being experienced at the nation's largest refineries.

Severe coastal flooding and widespread power outages have prompted many to ask if it's a new normal brought on by climate change.

Tropical storms and hurricanes frequently bring damaging winds and also cause widespread flooding.