The right side was left unprotected against annual spring flooding.
Winter and spring flooding has prompted the construction of flood reduction works.
The early spring flooding carried off the melt with raging violence.
Four years after her initial sinking, spring flooding washed the hull out of the river and into the main lake channel.
We can't possibly get relief troops there until the spring flooding is done, and it will be too late by then.
In fact, meteorologists are now saying that all that snow could cause spring flooding.
During spring flooding, the Tigris may directly flow into the marshes.
The record snowfall and low temperatures resulted in the most severe spring flooding seen since 1952.
It is often found in areas where water levels fluctuate naturally, with spring flooding and later summer emergence.
Add spring storms to that and the result is often serious spring flooding.