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Refrain from entering water that may have electricity in it and avoid walking through floodwaters.
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Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
When Hurricane Irma barreled through Central Florida in 2017, floodwaters rose several feet in the streets of the working-class neighborhood of Orlo Vista and up to the window sills in Levi Williams’ home.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
In videos and photos on social media, floodwaters covered neighborhoods and homes were submerged, with their roofs barely visible above the brown currents.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
Police said the body of a 63-year-old man was found in a flooded home near Taree, more than 186 miles north of Sydney, while another body believed to be that of a missing man in his 30s had been discovered in floodwaters on the Mid North Coast.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 May 2025
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Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
When Hurricane Irma barreled through Central Florida in 2017, floodwaters rose several feet in the streets of the working-class neighborhood of Orlo Vista and up to the window sills in Levi Williams’ home.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
In videos and photos on social media, floodwaters covered neighborhoods and homes were submerged, with their roofs barely visible above the brown currents.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
Police said the body of a 63-year-old man was found in a flooded home near Taree, more than 186 miles north of Sydney, while another body believed to be that of a missing man in his 30s had been discovered in floodwaters on the Mid North Coast.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 May 2025
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“Floodwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floodwater. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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floodwater
noun
flood·wa·ter
ˈfləd-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: the water of a flood
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