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flash flood

also flash·flood (flăsh′flŭd′)
n.
A sudden flood of great volume, usually caused by heavy rain.
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Noun1.flashflood - a sudden local flood of great volume and short durationflashflood - a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
flood, inundation, alluvion, deluge - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
floodhead - a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood; "we were lucky to be safe when the floodheads hit"
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Residents were warned of possible flashflood and landslides due to occasional heavy rains.
'These ration bags have been transferred to Leswa where it will be distributed among the survivors of the cloudburst and flashflood occurred in the Neelum Valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir,' Brig Mukhtar said.
Army troops were assisting civil administration in rescue and relief of the population affected by land slide near Laswa village and flashflood in Neelum Jhelum River at Nauseri, Danni.
Flashflood pushed people from their homes onto flood- protection embankments.
Amman, April 17 (Petra) - The National Center for Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM) organized a workshop on "Coordinating and Unifying the National Effort to Establish a National Early Warning System for Flashflood Risk," in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) that covers the Kingdom's various governorates.
A car carrying wedding party was caught in at flashflood on Saturday in the area of Zar Melon at Toi Khulla and 8 persons including 6 ladies and 2 children were killed .
Considering that flashflood triggered by torrential rains is a new phenomenon in Pakistan, provincial governments should have been prepared to deal with the situation.
Sherqilla village of district Ghizer in Gilgit Baltistan is one of the most vulnerable villages prone to flashflood hazard.
Dera Bugti, Kalat and other upper areas of the province on Tuesday, continued on Wednesday causing flashflood in nullahs and streams and inundating low lying areas.
MANyLA (CyHAN)- At least seven people died and two others were missing after a flashflood occurred Tuesday due to heavy rain in southern Philippine province of Bukidnon, the state disaster agency confirmed Thursday.
The study details ways to prevent dangers of flashflood from the districts, located east of Al Haramain Expressway, whose poor drainage system was mainly responsible for turning November 25's flashflood into a catastrophe.