flooding

     

A floo is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word is applied to the inflow of the tide, as opposed to the outflow or "ebb".

Trivia about flooding

  • In the summer of '93, parts of Illinois, Iowa & 7 other states became disaster areas due to this disaster
  • The Huang He or Yellow River is called "China's Sorrow" because of its habit of doing this
  • Diluvial, like some debris
  • During monsoon season in 1998, this devastated Bangladesh for weeks, marooning thousands on rooftops

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