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Mr Willetts is not the only writer to worry about baby-boomers crashing through society like a flash flood.
威利特斯先生不是唯一担心婴儿潮一代会像山洪暴发一样冲击社会的作家。
Tragically, the heavily traveled tourist route became the site of the worst natural disaster in Colorado’s history during a catastrophic flash flood in July 1976.
不幸的是，在1976年7月的一场特大洪水中，这条游人如织的道路上发生了科罗拉多州历史上最惨痛的自然灾害。
The river was later replenished by a sudden flash flood.
之后，由于突然爆发的洪水，这条河再度恢复到较多的水量。

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A flash flood is a sudden rush of water over dry land, usually caused by a great deal of rain.