He didn't care to talk much about the occasional floods.
It's a lovely place, if you can cope with the occasional floods, odd outbreak of malaria and the terrible road safety statistics.
With many squatter settlements groomed in the river's surroundings, the occasional floods started causing human and property loss.
The area is prone to occasional floods.
Even that, and whatever settled from the occasional flood, washed away in the rain.
It gets you down, all that sun, day in, day out, only the occasional flood, fire or earthquake for variety.
Storm surges coming up the Potomac from hurricanes or other coastal storm systems also cause occasional major floods affecting the island.
The theatre is built along the banks of the Greenbrier River and occasional floods have disrupted the showtimes.
Only the floor was smooth, worn by centuries of feet and the occasional flood of water.
City environmental officials said it makes more sense to endure the occasional floods and inconveniences than to try to replace every water main.