Riada in english
Stream
pronunciation: strim part of speech: noun
pronunciation: strim part of speech: noun
In gestures
riada = flash flood ; floodwater [flood water] ; torrent ; of short duration ; freshet ; torrential flood ; flash storm flood ; river surge ; flood.
Example: On 28 July 1997 Colorado State University, USA, experienced a flash flood which destroyed 50 per of the library's collection, and destroyed its computer lab.Example: In 1975 flood water damaged 100,000 books and maps stored in a basement area.Example: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.Example: There are spring freshets caused by heavy rainfalls and melting snows, and torrential floods of short duration caused by cloudbursts.Example: There are spring freshets caused by heavy rainfalls and melting snows, and torrential floods of short duration caused by cloudbursts.Example: There are spring freshets caused by heavy rainfalls and melting snows, and torrential floods of short duration caused by cloudbursts.Example: Then in July a flash storm flood washed out all the roads at our cottage in Haliburton and our long path to the lake.Example: The old bridge was destroyed by a river surge and people are trying to raise money to rebuild it.Example: In UDC under 361 SOCIAL RELIEF we find .9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters; .91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes; .92 floods; .93 War, civil war; .94 Epidemics; .95 Famine; and .96 Fires, conflagrations.more:
» ser arrastrado por la riada = be washed away by the flood .
Example: There was very little time to get her out before the car itself was washed away by the flood.» ser arrastrado por una riada = be caught in a flood .
Example: She was caught in a flood and swept into a ratty sewer.