Two other shelters had been closed Monday night when the rising water threatened to swamp them.

She laid another pebble carefully where water threatened to spill over her little dam.

But they fear that the water could threaten other sites in old Cairo, including a synagogue.

The water rose four hundred feet in minutes, threatened to overflow the valley sides, and then struck a balance.

Hot weather and low water threaten the fish themselves.

By 2010 water and vandals threatened to damage graves in a portion of the cemetery.

As the water threatened to suck him under, the man used the last of his strength to fight the rescuers, refusing to be saved.

The water threatened to sweep him away, but at the last he managed to cross it.

You know better than I that polluted air and water are threatening your remarkable progress.

The rising water has breached the dam and is threatening the town.