Officials said earlier that the floods, which have closed Dhaka's airport, threatened the lives of 10 million people.

In 1643 a flood threatened the city.

In 1997 a flood threatened to wash the bridge out.

It has two large openings for shipping, which can be closed when floods threaten.

The next year, another great flood threatened the bridge, but the bridge escaped major damage.

They have raised fears that a flood of foreigners threatens the political and economic security of the United States.

There, when a flood threatens the crops, the community turns up to salvage them.

Where floods threaten human habitation, the blockage may be artificially cleared.

The weather soon turns nasty, and floods threaten to destroy Edmond's farm.

Now the flood threatened to carry away the treasures along with the junk.