Engulfed

[Brownlie]

It took me a second to piece together the naked air as it being dry. Once I got back this was very clear.

The naked air ran off -- Ran off seem redundant.  Off adds an extra syllable that sounds nice, but wouldn't ran mean the same thing? 
as the rain clouds drop their water gowns, overflow the river mouth. Do you need as the or their? Maybe their more than as the. Can you use a more precise word like delta for river mouth? Not sure if you can.

The nearby town carved into the land -- Be good to get rid of into the if  possible. 
slides off the bedrock and memory. -- Do you need "the"?
The old woman sails away on shingles, -- An or the? This is a great detail.
never found, burying debris.

More hurricanes this year.
Too much rain
drowned the crop.

They'll pay the higher price
to make up the loss. -- Gives a life goes on kind of feeling.

Lots of hurricanes, and I believe sections of Florida are becoming flooded, so this seems like a great poem topic. My critiques were about tightening up language if possible. Thanks for posting.