Severe erosion occurs in cases such as this, causing stream sedimentation and the loss of nutrient rich topsoil.

Severe fires can lead to significant further erosion if followed by heavy rainfall.

Severe environmental issues include deforestation ; soil erosion ; overgrazing and overfishing.

* Severe dental erosion

Severe erosion on these vulnerable hill slopes has caused considerable sedimentation of the lake, which is fast disappearing ; the lake is now only deep during the dry season.

Severe storms, climate change, pollution, habitat alteration and rapid population growth threaten the ecological functions that have supported coastal communities throughout history.

Severe thunderstorms on June 16, 1990, created heavy flash flooding in Bettendorf and Davenport that killed four people.

* 2008 – Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1. 3 million.

* October 13 – Severe flooding hits Guatemala.

Severe flooding following torrential rainfall wreaked havoc in Guyana beginning in January 2005.

Severe flooding around the lake led to the excavation of an improved outlet channel between 1899 and 1901.

Severe weather events such as flooding tsunamis and typhoons.

* 1923: Severe flooding in Hobart

Severe flooding occurred after the storm due to melting snow, especially in the Brooklyn area, which was more susceptible to serious flooding due to its topography.

Severe flooding again occurred in June 2007.

Severe flooding on the river in 1993, as part of the larger floods in region, caused widespread damage to the surrounding cropland.

Occasionally flooding is unavoidable, and the Agency issues Flood Warnings with four levels of severity-Flood Watch, Flood Warning, Severe Flood Warning and All Clear.

Severe localised rainstorms (' cloudbursts ') may occur in the high country and have caused flash flooding including past inundations of Opotiki township.

Severe flooding affected parts of Kingston, leaving some areas under of water.

Severe thunderstorms which produce tornadoes can produce flooding rains, hail, and strong winds far from the tornado-producing area, all of which can make driving difficult or even impossible.

Severe flooding was experienced in Belize.

Severe flooding in the spring of 2005 scoured the river channel and deposited cobble in at least one of the sites previously surveyed.

Severe flooding of the Millennium Ribble Link took place in 2003 / 2004 causing sever sedimentation to the channel and scour to by-wash weirs resulting in the Ribble Link becoming un-navigable.

Severe ecological damage to the environment occurred during the post-Second World War time of communist governance in the People's Republic of Poland, but recent changes in regulations, procedures and policies of Polish government since the fall of Communism have reversed much of the harm that was done.

Severe rioting occurred in February 1990, after it was rumored that Moscow planned to relocate tens of thousands of Armenian refugees to Tajikistan.

Severe acute pancreatitis has high mortality rates, especially where necrosis of the pancreas has occurred.

Severe fighting occurred at Phu Lam, ( where it took two days to root out the 267th Viet Cong Local Force Battalion ), around the Y-Bridge, and at Tan Son Nhut.

Severe outbreaks of D. femorata have occurred in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Severe damage also occurred in the eastern region of Santo Domingo.

Severe ethnic conflict occurred during World War II during which the Croatian Ustase movement committed genocide against Serbs, while the Serbian Chetnik movement responded with reprisals against Croats as well as murdering Bosniaks.

Severe damage also occurred to stacks of hay and corn, resulting in severe starvation among livestock in the months following the storm.

Severe floods occurred throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, with one of the most recent major floods occurring in 1979.

Severe epidemics of the disease occurred among troops in Burma and Ceylon during World War II ( WWII ).

Severe structural damage occurred over the entirety of the township, the main damage being a portion of houses losing roofs and windows and the cyclone rendered even more homes structurally unsound.

Severe crop damage also occurred, especially to bananas and sugar cane.

Severe and arbitrary beating occurred daily.

Severe floods occurred every seven years between 1865 and 1950.

Severe clashes occurred again in the area when the authorities decided to " brake " the neighboring villages Şibot and Vinerea to establish the 4th company.

Severe setbacks occurred to the A.

Severe intercommunal fighting occurred in March and April 1964.

In August 2010, a Fujiwara interaction occurred between Tropical Storm Namtheun and Severe Tropical Storm Lionrock.