In the News: Quake lake water surges through cities

From CNN today click for full article

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A huge volume of water Tuesday surged from a lake created by China's massive earthquake, safely plunging downstream through an area where hundreds of thousands had been braced for disaster, officials said...

Up to 250,000 people had already been evacuated from the area ahead of the deluge, but 400,000 remained in the city, where minor flooding and damage to buildings was reported as the torrent surged past...


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Two words today:
deluge - water overflowing the land
torrent - a violent stream of a liquid (water or lava)

for ex.
Let's review an interactive timeline of New Orleans' deluge by Hurricane Katrina.
In Jiuzhaigou, water torrent from the valleys forms millions and thousands waterfalls.