Louisville Kentucky has seen some significant flooding today that has shut roads, and affected traffic and travel in and out of the region. Heavy thunderstorms caused so much water to fall in this region that the...
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River dwellers in the Amazon are having to keep adding new floors to their houses, as they compete with rising floodwaters that have killed 48 people so far and caused 405,000 people to become homeless. Flooding...
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14,200 people have been evacuated from coastal New South Wales due to severe flooding as wild weather continues to batter the area and it has also disrupted the world's largest coal-export harbor located in the...
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Western Washington and Seattle floods continue to cause problems today, closing major highways, local roads, and flooding homes, businesses, and schools. North Thurston High School and schools in the entire...
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"Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Coast Guarding in Louisiana 2008 " Last July, the wetlands flyover tour was co-sponsored by the state, the America's Wetland Foundation and the National Guard. The intention? To...
The Carribbean is preparing for yet another storm, Hurricane Ike, to pass through their region soon."Ike has regained strength after weakening, with winds in excess of 115mph (185km/h) as it nears the Turks and...
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"On the air, WYES-Channel 12 looks fine. Everywhere else, the local PBS affiliate's headquarters near City Park, devastated by 5 feet of Hurricane Katrina levee-failure floodwaters, remains a literal shell of...
A flood isn't over when it's over--some environmental hazards are still lurking, and, in many cases, growing. And, as other commentators have said, Midwesterners ravaged by historic floods most likely won't get as much federal aid as those affecte by Katrina."The oil,...
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Drier weather is on the way for Midwest residents, as even though the Mississippi River washed over more flood barriers today, the weather is improving and hopefully drying up the worst flooding in 15...
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A teenager who was playing with a group of youths has fallen into a storm drain in Oxfordshire, UK and died. Oxfordshite was the hardest hit country during heavy rain on Sunday, which caused flash flooding across South England. Media reports have said the teenagers were...
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At least 100 people had been evacuated from affected areas in New Brunswick, Canada after flood levels rose again. Other families living in the area are under an evacuation order and many more are preparing their...
Residents of the northern region of Belleville are relieved as the flood levels dropped last night, leaving many to wonder how much damage was done to their homes.As the nearby river began to melt, water levels rose as high as 4 meters over the weekend, evacuating at least 12...
UPDATE: 9:30 EST13 people have been reported dead and 3 are missing as a result of flooding. "Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated Wednesday after a foot of rain...
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