How to Use mudflow in a Sentence

mudflow

noun
  • At about 0:16, the shot changes to one with no evidence of that mudflow.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2016
  • In the main house, their friend Rebecca Riskin and her husband had been swept away by the mudflow, killing Riskin.
    Noelle Crombie, OregonLive.com, 11 Feb. 2018
  • With the heavy rain, officials are warning of the threat of mudflows in wildfire burn scars.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The victims who died during the storm and mudflows early Tuesday range in age from 3 to 89.
    CBS News, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Fire units responded to the mudflow to assist around 50 people in two dozen cars.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2022
  • More than a decade later, that mudflow has engulfed an area more than twice the size of Central Park and is still oozing toxic gunk.
    Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Heavy mudflow and rockfall have littered the roadway, which maintenance crews will work to remove once the heavy rain subsides.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
  • In late May 2008, a few weeks after the eruption began, a volcanic mudflow (lahar) flooded the entire town.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2019
  • The river channels are filled with volcanic mudflow deposits.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2016
  • The eruption itself that caused the mudflow was surprisingly small and other than the mudflow itself, little record of the blast remains.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2018
  • The seniors were among the 46 people who required rescue after a mudflow Sunday night trapped several people in cars, homes and even a train.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • In California, an atmospheric river-borne storm is bringing heavy rain, snow and mudflow to much of the state.
    New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
  • The mudslides began around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, when intense rains dislodged boulders and caused heavy mudflow along hillsides that were scarred by the sprawling Thomas fire late last year.
    James Queally, latimes.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • The operation has been slowed by mudflows and floodwaters as the rain continued.
    Washington Post, 8 July 2017
  • Residents knew the risks of living in the mountains, Grant said, but the 2020 fire left them vulnerable to mudflow raging down Birch Creek, which runs through many of their properties.
    Melissa Gomezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The excavator is only operated in the cool of the morning, when mudflow events are less likely to occur.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • For days, officials advised residents in areas burned by the Thomas Fire that a coming storm could bring major mudflows.
    Editors, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2018
  • In March 2015, severe rainstorms in the Atacama bringing floods and mudflows that killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of homes made global news.
    Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • But mudflows and giant, sweeping clouds of hot, toxic gas and volcanic matter destroyed the wealthy coastal town of Herculaneum.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Jan. 2020
  • After the Carr Fire, rangers say that dangers from falling trees, blocked trails and the potential of flash flooding from mudflows from thunderstorm runoff remain hazardous.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2019
  • Firefighters battling the Valley fire in San Bernardino County suddenly had to make way for flash flooding and mudflows.
    Howard Blume, latimes.com, 8 July 2018
  • Coldwater Canyon Avenue near Potosi Avenue is closed due to a mudflow coming off the hillside.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
  • In Montecito, where at least 21 people died in massive mud and debris flows on Jan. 9, crews were keeping close watch on debris basins, creeks and roadways for potential mudflow and debris.
    Ruben Vives, latimes.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • When this mixes with the volcanic debris, rainfall can form dangerous mudflows called lahars.
    Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
  • Right now, over 6,000 people have been evacuated due to the ash and mudflow hazards -- and there has been some criticism on how the evacuations have unfolded.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2015
  • Authorities warned that flash floods, mudflows and rockslides were possible in heavy rain, especially in the wine country north of the San Francisco Bay Area.
    Amy Lieu, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Montecito is still recovering from devastating mudflows that swept away homes and killed at least 21 people.
    Brittny Mejia, latimes.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The scientists suspect they were suddenly engulfed in a volcanic mudflow and buried alive during mortal combat.
    Reuters, NBC News, 19 July 2023
  • The real danger comes from volcanic mudflows, also called lahars, says Krippner.
    Alessandra Potenza, The Verge, 30 May 2018
  • Video and images showed mudflows and rescues as residents grappled with the unprecedented deluge.
    CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023

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