But when the trickle turned into a flood, she no longer had time.

A lake formed and finally broke into a flood on July 18.

What started as a trickle, soon turned into a flood.

Past experience teaches that it doesn't take much to turn this flow into a flood.

It began as a trickle and grew into a flood.

It was in the 1990's, however, that the trickle turned into a flood.

But slowly, the trickle of angry questions turned into a flood.

A stream made its way along a wash that must turn into a flood in bad weather.

"I would hope that this small trickle will turn into a flood," he said.

It turned into a flood after the civil war hit home in the 1980's.