How to Use flooded in a Sentence

flooded

adjective
  • Tips from the site: Do not attempt to drive through a flooded road.
    Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2023
  • Rescuers said the people had tried to drive across a flooded road when they got stuck in the water.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
  • In one video that has been viewed more than 1.3 million times, DeLeon is seen swimming through a flooded street.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Trucks drive down a flooded street in Lakeside, Calif., on Tuesday.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Authorities said six young adults were in the vehicle that was swept away as the car tried to cross a bridge over a flooded creek in the town of Grovespring.
    Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Tips from the department's website: Do not attempt to drive through a flooded road.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2023
  • Some people arranged milk crates and wooden boards to cross the flooded sidewalks.
    Jake Offenhartz, Bobby Caina Calvan and Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Some people arranged milk crates and wooden boards to cross the flooded sidewalks, with water close to waist-deep in the middle of some streets.
    Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • One man, who declined to provide his name, said his grandmother was stuck on the other side in a flooded home.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Rain may lead to flash flooding, and the NWS advises drivers not to drive through flooded roadways.
    Jen Guadarrama, The Indianapolis Star, 29 June 2024
  • Many had been saved by rescue crews, after spending days or even weeks stranded on roofs, in trees and in flooded homes.
    Jorge C. Carrasco, New York Times, 30 May 2024
  • Never approach or try to travel through a flooded area.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 16 July 2023
  • So far, more than 1,000 tons of trash, mud and debris had been removed from flooded neighborhoods.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • And in the Cayman Islands, schools closed and residents pumped water from flooded homes.
    Heather Hollingsworth and Stephen Smith, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Even before high tide, the incoming surf sent empty trash cans floating down the flooded street.
    Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • He’s taken it with him from room to room to room since his first night here, after being rescued from his flooded trailer.
    Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • There were so many examples of cars abandoned or stuck in flooded roadways.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Then throw flooded items that pose a health risk such as perishable food items, clothing, cushions and pillows.
    The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Many Northern California farms were hit hard by this week’s rainfall, which drenched crops and left flooded fields in its wake.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
  • By early evening, about 50 people were rescued from flooded cars.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
  • Leatham said there were reports of flooded roadways across Connecticut, though, and water in basements in the Hartford area.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • This film dramatizes the 2018 rescue of a boys soccer tream trapped in a flooded cave system in Thailand, with some of the real divers playing themselves.
    Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Heavy storms slammed the region during the first week of May, leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes.
    TIME, 17 May 2024
  • The agency also wants to remind the public never to drive into flooded waters.
    Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In 2018, a Thai youth soccer team and their coach became trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand's rugged, mountainous Chiang Rai province.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Search and rescue teams work in boats to evacuate residents from a flooded part of Kherson on Wednesday.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 7 June 2023
  • Storms were leaving flooded streets, hail and heavy rain across southern Wisconsin on Friday night.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2023
  • As the rain poured down and then sat on flooded streets, temperatures in the city steadily decreased, dropping below freezing overnight.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Many businesses and residences were left flooded and without power in wake of the storms, which have since subsided.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In some areas just west of Jackson, up to 10 inches of rain are possible, with the potential of flooded roads and structures, the weather service said.
    Christina Maxouris, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024

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