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

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.

They were often followed by outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as malaria and dengue, and flooding could destroy a country's crops, with a severe impact on sources of income and employment.

A couple years ago there was severe flooding that led to thousands of deaths that's directly attributable to the fact that there are no trees on the hills to stabilize the soil.

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.

A particularly intense and destructive hurricane season has left many thousands homeless as countries in the Caribbean as well as Central and North America continue to grapple with the effects of severe flooding and mudslides that those storms left behind.

Through a directive from OSTP, an interdisciplinary, interagency Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team formed to provide scientific advice to Federal officials making decisions about recovery and river basin management following the severe flooding of the Upper Mississippi and Missouri River basins in 1993.

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

Dangerous changes in climate have already begun. If the world continues on its current trajectory, global temperatures will eventually rise by several degrees centigrade, causing higher sea levels, mega storms, severe heat waves, massive crop failures, extreme droughts, heavy flooding, and a sharp loss of biodiversity.

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.

The presentations to the Workshop covered the use of remote sensing, satellite meteorology, satellite positioning systems and satellite communications and how they could be used, separately or collectively, to prevent disasters or to forecast, monitor and mitigate the effects of severe weather phenomena, such as flooding, desertification and drought.

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.

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

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).

Moreover, the brutal paradox of climate change is that heavy precipitation is occurring more often as well, increasing the risk of flooding. Since 2003, East Africa has had the eight warmest years on record, which is no doubt contributing to the severe famine that now afflicts 13 million people in the Horn of Africa.

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

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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.

This is some severe frostbite on the feet, severe frostbite on the nose.

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.

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.

As we speak, a severe hurricane is once again pounding Grenada, causing severe damage.

As temperatures have increased, the sea level s rise has accelerated from one centimeter per decade in the early twentieth century to more than three centimeters in each of the last two decades an overall increase of nearly 20 centimeters since 1900. While the numbers may seem small, the rise significantly increases the likelihood of severe flooding along vulnerable coasts worldwide.

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.

He underwent severe criticism.

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.

El Niño is a warm inshore current annually flowing south along the coast of Ecuador around the end of December and extending about every 7 to 10 years down the coast of Peru it can bring devastating weather to several global regions, including heavy rains and flooding as well as colder than normal winters across the United States, and severe droughts and dust storms in Australia.

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.