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- noun Plural form of
flashflood .
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Examples
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At least 67 people are dead or missing from the landslides and flashfloods caused by the heaviest rainfalls in a century to hit the Seoul region.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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Already the bad weather has exacted a toll: flashfloods killed over 100 people in Papua recently, and floods sent families scrambling for shelter in the capital Jakarta.
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This year, sudden, heavy downpours -- some lasting several days -- caused lethal flashfloods in Rhode Island, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Cecil B. Wilson, M.D.: Climate Change Endangers Public Health in the United States M.D. Cecil B. Wilson 2010
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This year, sudden, heavy downpours -- some lasting several days -- caused lethal flashfloods in Rhode Island, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Cecil B. Wilson, M.D.: Climate Change Endangers Public Health in the United States M.D. Cecil B. Wilson 2010
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This year, sudden, heavy downpours -- some lasting several days -- caused lethal flashfloods in Rhode Island, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Cecil B. Wilson, M.D.: Climate Change Endangers Public Health in the United States M.D. Cecil B. Wilson 2010
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This year, sudden, heavy downpours -- some lasting several days -- caused lethal flashfloods in Rhode Island, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Cecil B. Wilson, M.D.: Climate Change Endangers Public Health in the United States M.D. Cecil B. Wilson 2010
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Two days of torrential rains leading to flashfloods. 31 people are dead.
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With all these continuing cutting of trees in that part of Samar, it wouldn't be remote when the people in the lowlands will suffer the same fate as that of Southern Leyte when flashfloods came rumbling down because no trees could hold the strong onslaught of rampaging water down the mountains.
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Will ice, snow, even flashfloods keep voters at home?
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They call these the chalk cliffs because they look chalky, and also because we've got hot springs underneath this soil which kind of bubble up and loosen the soil, making them -- this area even more susceptible to flashfloods and mudslides.
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