Below you will find example sentences with "flash floods". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Flash Floods in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: flash
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 16
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 21.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "flash floods" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 21.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as action after flash floods left human, are bringing flash floods and thunderstorms, landslides, killed and people stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with flash flooding, nor flash, nand flash, nand flash, adobe flash and flash player, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with flash floods
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Flash floods, landslides, rough seas alert! (6 words)
It was one of several destructive flash floods. (8 words)
Flash floods have caused severe flooding on the iconic Strip this weekend. (12 words)
As many as 24 flash floods, 29 landslides and one cloud burst have been reported since the onset of monsoon in Himachal Pradesh on June 24. At least four persons have been reported missing in Kangra, Mandi and Shimla districts. (40 words)
In Ladakh, a cloudburst had triggered flash floods causing debris to flow into the main market area and throwing life out of gear, but there are no reports of any loss of life, officials said on Saturday. (37 words)
Extreme downpours, high winds and flash floods have caused at least 12 fatalities in the past ten days and created power outages for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the state. (33 words)
Flash floods, landslides, rough seas alert! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Flash floods kill 13 in southwest France (Today) - Some of the worst flash floods in a century have killed at least 13 people.
Storms Bring Flash Floods, Outages, Flight CancellationsHeavy storms are bringing flash floods and thunderstorms.
On his part CS Wamalwa attributed the flash floods to climate change and underscored the need for those living in hilly regions and near rivers to move to avoid floods and landslides.
As heavy rains and flash floods doused southwestern Missouri Friday, Layton Hoyer wanted to get a closer look at the rising river levels.
As many as 24 flash floods, 29 landslides and one cloud burst have been reported since the onset of monsoon in Himachal Pradesh on June 24. At least four persons have been reported missing in Kangra, Mandi and Shimla districts.
As of Sunday, flash floods had destroyed 241 acres of agricultural farmland and killed 1,067 livestock animals, the Kenya Red Cross reported.
At the same time, Afghanistan has experienced a number of flash floods — with more potentially on the way this spring.
Beyond the flash floods and roadblocks, the impact is going to be severe.
Burned soil can be water-repellent, increasing the risk of flash floods and flows of debris such as downed trees.
Councillors have called for urgent action after flash floods left human excrement on residential streets.
Extreme downpours, high winds and flash floods have caused at least 12 fatalities in the past ten days and created power outages for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the state.
Flash floods have caused severe flooding on the iconic Strip this weekend.
Flash floods have ripped through parts of China over the past few weeks, with Chongqing hit particularly hard.
Flash floods, landslides, rough seas alert!
Indonesian rescuers scrambled Friday to find survivors under mud-swamped hillsides after flash floods on Java island killed at least eight people, the disaster agency said.
In Himachal Pradesh - which is worst-hit by the rain furry - landslides and flash floods damaged houses and properties worth crores.
In Ladakh, a cloudburst had triggered flash floods causing debris to flow into the main market area and throwing life out of gear, but there are no reports of any loss of life, officials said on Saturday.
It comes as days of heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides and destroyed homes, leaving at least 33 people dead and forcing thousands to evacuate, officials said on Sunday.
It was one of several destructive flash floods.
Large flash floods on Dec. 5 filled the normally dry gulches west of Kaupō and closed Piʻilani Highway.