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verb

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Recent Examples of flood
Noun
These structures were part of Camp Mystic Guadalupe, where the camp said 27 campers and counselors died from the July 4 flood. Abigail Adams, People.com, 14 July 2025 Eight Camp Mystic structures fall within the most dangerous flood zone on FEMA maps, but that number jumps to 17 on maps from the First Street foundation — a nonprofit which takes current climate events into account and shares their models with the public. Bill Weir, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Verb
Scattered showers are expected to develop Saturday afternoon and evening in south-central Texas, including parts of areas that already flooded. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 July 2025 The majority of the deaths were in Kerr County, where a torrential downpour flooded the Guadalupe River and devastated a girls’ summer camp. Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for flood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flood
Noun
  • Low-water crossings and small creeks became raging torrents, sweeping away roads, cabins, and vehicles.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
  • Recent flash flooding in Texas, New Mexico and North Carolina is highlighting the extreme dangers that these raging torrents of water can bring to communities in a matter of minutes.
    July 9, CBS News, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • From the doorway, Beau could see floodwaters beginning to engulf cabins closer to the Guadalupe River, where the younger boys slept.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 July 2025
  • That was nothing compared to the aromas that engulfed me at the Generac stage July 4 for Porter Robinson’s stage-closing set.
    jsonline.com, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • Still, on a partly sunny Saturday under a flood watch, dozens of volunteers overwhelmed a site near the Round Mountain Baptist Church outside of Leander, forcing traffic to a standstill as emergency personnel actively searched for missing people.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 13 July 2025
  • Inside, a black and grey cat thrashes around, overwhelmed.
    Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • Each year, stories of people acting heroically to rescue others from the water turn tragic when the rescuers end up caught in the rip currents and drown.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 July 2025
  • Truckee police were searching Friday for a possible drowning victim in Donner Lake, said department officials.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2025
Verb
  • However, what McIlroy didn’t know, was that directly underneath his ball, was another golf ball submerged in the ground that could not be seen, as it was buried below the surface.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
  • Don't go into a basement, or any room, if water covers the electrical outlets or if cords are submerged.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • Christian Fell, 25, stood for hours on the narrow top of a meter box, barely wide enough for both hands, to survive floodwaters that deluged his grandmother’s home.
    NBC News, NBC news, 7 July 2025
  • Though no one died from the 2 feet of rain that deluged Fort Lauderdale in a single day in April two years ago, the relentless rain forced hundreds to flee to Red Cross shelters, covered airport runways, filled the tunnel that runs under the New River and turned downtown streets into raging rivers.
    Denise Hruby July 7, Miami Herald, 7 July 2025

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“Flood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flood. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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