floodwater

Floodwater in outlying areas may reach six feet, the major general said.

Everyone we met, wading through filthy floodwater, was thirsty; some were injured; most were homeless.

The coffee was brown as floodwater silt, heavy with sugar, and very hot; and the cups had no handles.

No death for months, except by accidental drowning in floodwater.

The Seneca reservoir as proposed in 1963 provided floodwater storage calculated to reduce metropolitan damages by 46 percent.