1. Earthquakes, floods, forest fires, tidal waves, tornadoes — all these and many other disasters too — mean pain and distress for the victims.
    地震、水灾、森林火灾、海啸、飓风——所有这些及其它灾难对受害者都意味着痛苦与不幸。

2. For heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.
    因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，而且还会引起严重的水灾。

3. The new dam was a bulwark against future floods.
    新水坝是将来抵御洪水的屏障。

4. The heavy rain brought disastrous floods.
    大雨带来了灾难性的水灾。

5. The great characteristic of the Nile is the regularity of its floods.
    尼罗河的最大特征就是河水定期泛滥。

6. Natural disasters like storms and floods have washed away many crops.
    暴风雨和洪水这类自然灾害毁掉了许多庄稼。

7. Don´t worry about such improbabilities as floods and earthquakes.
    像洪水、 地震这类不大可能发生的事, 就不要担心了.

8. After the heavy rains, floods ensued.
    大雨之后, 洪水爆发了。

9. As the floods had put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how they were managing.
    由于洪水造成了电话中断，我们无法了解他们情况。

10. So it floods parking lots and flows into basements.
    因此雨水就淹没停车场，流进地下室。