Sentences with phrase «lake after heavy rains»

A busted sewer pipe has spewed 4.5 million gallons of raw sewage and rain water into Onondaga Lake after heavy rains the past few days, Onondaga County reported.

Because the Illinois Department of Transportation has told the Park District to install a better drainage system, that $ 200,000 won't even cover the cost of completing the work on the parking lot, which at times resembles a small lake after heavy rains.

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These chemicals seep into run - off water after heavy rains, poisoning lakes, rivers and waterways.

The Ley Creek pipe that runs along the CSX railroad tracks over Onondaga Lake broke after similarly heavy rains in late October 2016.

Namibia's Etosha National Park, designated as a game reserve in 1907, is one of Africa's major wildlife sanctuaries.2 It centers around a huge, parched depression of silver - white minerals — the Great White Place or Place of Dry Water for which the park is named.3 This ancient, evaporated lake deposit of salt minerals fills with water only after heavy rains.4 The park harbors more than 100 types of mammals, including rare and endangered species such as the black rhinoceros, black - faced impala, tssesebe, and gemsbok.2 Etosha is also home to more than 300 species of birds and more than 100 species of reptiles.4