Policy recommendations representing major paradigm shifts in thinking are flooding the global policy stage.

In western Pakistan nearly three weeks of heavy rains resulted in severe flooding, which in turn led to the collapse of a major dam in Sind province.

There was massive flooding in Indonesia.

In the city, the information is flooding.

There will be stronger storms and greater flooding.

The hillside had torrential flooding from the west.

I was really amazed by all the stories that started flooding in.

Rainfall across portions of Mexico could be heavy, posing a significant flooding risk.

So the rains come, they go down the rivers, and the flooding happens.

A major contributor to this divergence has been ultra loose monetary policy, which, by flooding financial markets with liquidity, was supposed to boost growth. But it remains unclear whether elevated asset prices are supporting aggregate demand or mainly shifting the distribution of wealth.

Here's just one example, San Francisco Airport, with 16 inches or more of flooding.

The climate has changed. I will show you no more flooding, no more fires.

Other Parties expected an increase in rainfall and flooding, thus affecting hydroelectric power generation.

In July 2004, heavy monsoon rains caused extensive flooding in a large area of Bangladesh.

Flash flooding is possible with rapidly deteriorating conditions due to the scattered nature of tropical rain.

Hurricane Rosa Threatening Phoenix, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City With Flash Flooding (Drought Areas May Benefit)

However, Rosa will bring flooding rains across northern Mexico and the southwest U.S. over the coming days.

Disasters as a result of flooding continued to affect the largest number of people worldwide (132 million).

The flooding was compounded by drainage problems resulting from limited pumping capacity and poor maintenance of drainage systems.

Aware of the high vulnerability of Afghanistan to natural disasters and harsh climate conditions, in particular drought or flooding,

That has put a tremendous strain on our roads, which has been exacerbated by high rainfall, flooding and landslides.

Locally, 1 to 4 inches of rain will cause dangerous flash flooding, debris flows and possibility landslides in the desert.

This would put vast, often densely populated, coastal areas in all parts of the world in danger of permanent flooding.

In January 2005, torrential rains caused severe flooding in the densely populated coastal regions of Guyana, including the capital, Georgetown.

The biophysical impacts include dust storms, downstream flooding, impairment of global carbon sequestration capacity, and regional and global climate change.

The United States Virgin Islands faces recurrent hurricanes and flooding, in addition to being located within an earthquake risk zone.

Meanwhile, Central Europe faced its worst flooding in decades after heavy rains swelled major rivers like the Elbe and the Danube. In the United States, nearly half the country continues to suffer from drought, while heavy rainfall has broken records in the Northeast, devastated crops in the South, and now is inundating Colorado.

These rains are expected to produce life threatening flash flooding and debris flows in the deserts, and landslides in mountainous terrain.

The nutritional state of the population in some regions is poor and it gets worse at times of drought and flooding.

So this rainwater is flooding down the hillside, carrying with it sediments from the construction site, smothering the coral and killing it.

Although flooding is a very serious concern, some of this rainfall will likely be beneficial since the Southwest is currently experiencing drought conditions.

I was laughing so hard and so emotional that my mask was flooding, because I was crying underwater, just because it was so amazing.

And when the rain does come, it so often leads to flooding and added distress, and the cycle of poverty and hunger and disease.

As a mountain country, Kyrgyzstan regularly faces serious and frequent natural disasters, such as earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, and the flooding of cities and settlements.

Flooding prompted the relocation of internally displaced persons in some camps and emergency interventions to safeguard minimum sanitary conditions in all three Darfur states.

Remote sensing is not only used in preventive studies, but also in the monitoring of dynamic geological processes such as terrain deformation, neotectonic activities and flooding.

We're now planning to infill the dam with cement, and the flood prevention bank will be solid enough to withstand the worst flooding in 50 years.

The city of Birao, in the far north of the country, is completely cut off during the rains, owing to flooding and the absence of bridges.

We often witness the coinciding of flood waves from such inflow rivers, and their consecutive inflows, sometimes even followed by flooding of the Sava River itself.

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Despite the drop in the number of refugees flooding into Germany, the BAMF still has an arduous task. Currently there are still around 500,000 asylum applications left unprocessed.

It is anticipated that given these multiple shocks, including drought, freezing rains, and flooding, there will be a considerable lag time before most pastoralists will begin to recover.

Flooding also affected Kapisa, Konar and Nangarhar provinces in the east and Bamian, Sar e Pol, Kondoz, Samangan and Balkh provinces in the central and north western regions.

Additional analysis of pre and postflood aerial photographs by EPIC in FY 1994 identified and mapped changes that have occurred at known waste disposal sites affected by the flooding.

Lastly, I should like to express our sympathy to the delegations of India, Pakistan and Guatemala on the catastrophic losses suffered as a result of earthquakes, flooding and landslides.