Noun
floodwater (countable and uncountable, plural floodwaters)
The water of a flood.
Across England and Wales, towns and villages are under floodwater; fires have raged from Australia to the Amazon; and globally we’re in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, in which we stand to lose up to a million species. Source: Internet
Another yellow warning for rain covering Wales and north-west England is in force from 6pm on Sunday to 6am on Monday, and warns some communities could be cut off by fast flowing and deep floodwater. Source: Internet
Air pollution, chemical and gas spills, dirty floodwater: Harvey is posing a unique threat to public health and an incredible challenge for the regional EPA. Source: Internet
Despite receding floodwater till Friday afternoon, the road communication of the district town was suspended with Tahirpur, Bishwambharpur, Doarabazar, Chhatak and Jamalganj upazilas. Source: Internet
Fan Xiao, a Chinese geologist and long-standing critic of giant dam projects, said the storage capacity at Three Gorges amounts to less than 9% of average floodwater. Source: Internet
As soon as it was possible to safely access the floodwaters, the team took 96 samples of floodwater from the Neuse, Cape Fear, Lumbee and Waccamaw watersheds in North Carolina. Source: Internet