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Firefighters walk through floodwaters while responding to a rescue call in unincorporated Sonoma County, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.
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CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024
Authorities saw at least one fatality: A driver recovered from a car found in floodwaters.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Loading your audio article The Bay Area will be draining, recovering and drying out on Sunday, following a powerful atmospheric river that pummeled the region with rain and wind, killing a man in Sonoma County floodwaters.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
Following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Florida saw a marked rise of the Vibrio bacteria in the floodwaters.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 22 Nov. 2024
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CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024
Authorities saw at least one fatality: A driver recovered from a car found in floodwaters.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Loading your audio article The Bay Area will be draining, recovering and drying out on Sunday, following a powerful atmospheric river that pummeled the region with rain and wind, killing a man in Sonoma County floodwaters.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
Following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Florida saw a marked rise of the Vibrio bacteria in the floodwaters.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Floodwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floodwater. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.
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floodwater
noun
flood·wa·ter
ˈfləd-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: the water of a flood
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