Citations:flunami

Noun: "an extreme influenza outbreak"

 * 2009 — Mark Andersen, "Flu activity declining in Lincoln after peak", Lilcoln Journal Star, 6 November 2009:
 * The H1N1 flunami crested in Lincoln late last month, according to Friday's weekly report.
 * 2011 — Caroline Alphonso, "Hospitals overwhelmed by surge of flu cases", The Globe and Mail, 12 January 2011:
 * “A colleague of mine and some others around here are starting to call this whole problem a flunami, which it probably is, based on the numbers of cases we’re seeing,” said James Downey, an infection control officer at Toronto East General Hospital.
 * 2011 — "Influenza - notes from Saskatchewan’s chief medical officer, Moira McKinnon", Coronach Triangle News, 19 February 2011:
 * You may have been hearing reports of larger numbers of influenza cases in Ontario being referred to as a "flunami".