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Refrain from entering water that might carry an electric current and avoid walking through floodwaters.
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Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024
Jones said the railing on a roadway had been submerged by floodwaters, leading to the accident and his car drifting to a pedestrian bridge before becoming stuck in the drainage ditch.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 31 May 2024
Back-to-back tropical cyclones in 1916 left businesses in Asheville, N.C., surrounded by floodwater.
—Craig E. Colten, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2024
The floodwaters had even knocked out the control room’s batteries, the power source of last resort.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
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Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024
Jones said the railing on a roadway had been submerged by floodwaters, leading to the accident and his car drifting to a pedestrian bridge before becoming stuck in the drainage ditch.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 31 May 2024
Back-to-back tropical cyclones in 1916 left businesses in Asheville, N.C., surrounded by floodwater.
—Craig E. Colten, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2024
The floodwaters had even knocked out the control room’s batteries, the power source of last resort.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
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“Floodwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floodwater. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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floodwater
noun
flood·wa·ter
ˈfləd-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: the water of a flood
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