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flash flood

a sudden short-lived torrent, usually caused by a heavy storm, esp in desert regions
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flash flood

[¦flash ¦fləd]
(hydrology)
A sudden local flood of short duration and great volume; usually caused by heavy rainfall in the immediate vicinity.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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At least 22 people were feared dead and seven injured after being swept away by the flashfloods, which also damaged up to 150 houses, 70 shops and three mosques.
In Brahmanbaria, five hundred families were marooned as 20 villages of three unions in Akhaura upazila inundated by flashflood after embankment of the Hawra river collapsed on Monday.
Meanwhile, Blochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has directed the Commissioner Kalat divison to take immediate steps for rescuing the people trapped due to flashfloods and rain.
According to the study, the northern flashflood drainage canal, which passes through Al Kura valley and Buraiman valley reaching Sharam Abhur in the Red Sea, would be linked with four new canals.
Manila: Flashfloods inundated northern areas of Mindanao island including the cities of Cagayan de Oro Iligan and Gingoog, reports reaching Manila said.
News Report Bangladesh's northeastern districts including Sunamganj, Kishoreganj, Netrokona, Habiganj and Brahmanbaria districts of Sylhet division and adjacent areas in India may face flashfloods following heavy rain towards the end of this month.
\"With the start of current monsoon season the villagers are concerned and deeply worried as flashfloods can prove more disastrous for them than the previous year\", the elders maintained.
A flashflood near the municipality of Chongqing, also in the country's southwest, two weeks ago swept away a group of 35 hikers.
News Report A flashflood is likely in Sylhet and Netrakona areas within next 48 hours following incessant thundershower across the country.
QUETTA -- Deputy Commissioner Lasbela Office has said that Karachi-Quetta traffic via Lasbela had been affected for heavy traffic after Linda Bridge on National Highway in Lasbela had been affected due to heavy rains and flashflood.
According to DPO Chitral Asif Iqbal, 10 persons were offering prayer at a mosque when a flashflood hit the mosque, killing all of them.
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