Sentences with phrase «flash floods swept»

Last week hundreds of people had to be evacuated from their homes in southern and eastern England and dozens of roads were closed after flash floods swept through towns, and rivers burst their banks.

Just before my visit, a party of hikers was killed when a flash flood swept through a slot canyon not far from here.

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Prosecco Blamed for Italy Flood Deaths The tragic deaths of four people swept away by flash floods in northern Italy have been blamed by critics on the regions burgeoning Prosecco industry accused of over-planting and damaging the lands ability to deal with rainwater...

The onslaught triggered flash floods that tore through towns, sweeping away cars and leaving streets clogged with debris.

A dark storm builds during their riverside pursuit, and Poppa tragically gets swept away by a flash flood, Mufasa - style.

The nightmarish flash floods in southwestern Arkansas early Friday morning that swept away dozens of campers — with some 18 confirmed dead and many more still missing — resulted from a horrible confluence of a late - night burst of extreme rains over a region of steep - sided, isolated river valleys long popular with folks eager for a taste of nature.

A young man was swept away in a geoengineered flash flood in Forest Falls yesterday.

Wild weather has caused flash flooding in the CBD, with cars swept away and emergency crews responding to hundreds of calls for help.

Floods of water lingered everywhere, sallow but glinting like shiny pools of urine each time a flashing light swept by.