Learn · Sentences Weather and Nature

The severe thunderstorms caused significant flooding in the city.

B2

Sentence

Narrator

The severe thunderstorms caused significant flooding in the city.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

News Report

Severe thunderstorms have caused significant flooding across the city.

Weather Report

The city is experiencing significant flooding due to severe thunderstorms.

Casual Conversation

Did you hear about the flooding? Those thunderstorms were crazy!

Formal Report

The intense thunderstorm activity resulted in substantial flooding within the urban area.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Intense thunderstorms led to substantial flooding throughout the city.

Casual

The big storm caused a lot of flooding in town.

Simpler English

Heavy rain caused big floods in the city.

Phrases to learn

severe thunderstorms

Intense and dangerous thunderstorms.

significant flooding

Flooding that is substantial and causes considerable damage.