catastrophic flood

collocation in English

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catastrophic
adjective
uk
/ˌkæt.əˈstrɒf.ɪk/us
/ˌkæt̬.əˈstrɑː.fɪk/
causing sudden and very great harm ...
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flood
noun
uk
/flʌd/us
/flʌd/
a large amount of water covering an area that is ...
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(Definition ofcatastrophicandfloodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We had our firstcatastrophicfloodin 1953.
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Sixty years later, in 1810, there was anothercatastrophicfloodin which many people lost their lives.
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By 1644 the bridge was missing four arches and finally acatastrophicfloodin 1669 swept away much of the structure.
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The river here suffered acatastrophicfloodin the 1950s.
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Built to prevent anothercatastrophicfloodsimilar to the one in 1915, the tube was completed in 1923.
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It was similar to thecatastrophicfloodof 1988 in terms of the extent of the flooding.
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In 1956, the village was devastated bycatastrophicfloodand was resettled and abandoned in the following year.
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The caldera wall was eventually breached, leading to acatastrophicfloodas the lake drained.
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Collapse of the dam would unleash a locallycatastrophicflood.
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At the end of the 18th century, acatastrophicflooddestroyed the old town square, and ruined half of the settlement.
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Acatastrophicfloodapproximately 14,000-17,000 years ago led to the topography of the site and its exposed rock canyons.
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In acatastrophicflood, most of the huge lake probably drained out the south end in no more than a few weeks - possibly a few days.
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Frequent earthquakes in the period 16611696 set the stage for acatastrophicfloodin 1750 that continued for 15 days, which is mentioned in historical texts and reflected in folklore.
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These catastrophic floods have affected around 500 000 people in various ways and have caused hundreds of millions of euro of damage.
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There have been three almost catastrophic floods in the last 40 years, the most recent of which was in 1968.
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At least 40 counties have been affected by the catastrophic floods of the last few days.
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However, when we look at the detail, we find that there were storms and flooding in 1975, again in 1983 and finally, the catastrophic floods in 1990.
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Martian valley networks date to this period, indicating globally widespread and temporally sustained surface water as opposed to catastrophic floods.
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The project aimed at preventing catastrophic floods, improving river navigability and producing clean electricity.
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