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Avoid any water that may be charged with electricity and do not attempt to walk through floodwaters.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
Refrain from entering water that might carry an electric current and avoid walking through floodwaters.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
Automated gates would come down to keel floodwaters out.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
Climate change is sweeping communities away with supercharged hurricanes, floodwaters and wildfires.
—Paul David, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
Refrain from entering water that might carry an electric current and avoid walking through floodwaters.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025
Automated gates would come down to keel floodwaters out.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
Climate change is sweeping communities away with supercharged hurricanes, floodwaters and wildfires.
—Paul David, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Floodwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floodwater. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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floodwater
noun
flood·wa·ter
ˈfləd-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: the water of a flood
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