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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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2500 residents were forced out of their homes by floodwaters.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At Challow in Oxfordshire, deep floodwater meant it was strictly snails pace only for motorist.
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Each wave brought more floodwater through those broken windows, negating the work of sump-pumps.
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Elsewhere, vehicles were stranded in the middle of lakes of floodwater .
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Looking out to the west, I thought I could see floodwater , but it was smoke.
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Mekinock was evacuated when floodwater washed through town.
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No one in town has taken floodwater , though some basements are wet from seepage.
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The floodwater , carrying branches and driftwood, was over the roadway on the curved iron bridge.
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The rate of rise of floodwater in normally dry watercourses is, in many cases, extreme.