Floods
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Photos: River Levee Break Floods Town in California’s Monterey County
A levee break on a storm-swollen river in California’s central coast has quadrupled in size, complicating repair efforts Monday and spilling floodwaters…
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California teen saved from top of car submerged in 8 feet of water
A California teen was saved by rescuers after being stranded on top of her truck when powerful floodwaters pushed the…
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Deadly California atmospheric river causes evacuations as flooding wreaks havoc on state
At least two people are dead from the strong atmospheric river that has blasted California with torrential downpours and hazardous…
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Atmospheric river floods California towns, brings rain, snow
More than 9,000 California residents were under evacuation orders Friday as a new atmospheric river brought heavy rain, thunderstorms and…
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‘Not safe to stay’: Residents in Queensland’s Burketown evacuated amid record floods
Key Points The level of flooding in towns like Burketown is unprecedented, authorities say. The Albert River is expected to…
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China pummeled by ‘rain of worms’ as residents asked to carry umbrellas
China needs to call Rihanna for some umbrellas to weather this phenomenon of nature. Citizens of the Chinese city of…
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UK faces rising costs for flood damage even with modest warming
A flood in Somerset, UK, in January 2023 Matt Cardy/Getty Images The amount of damage caused by floods each year…
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Battered California braces for even more snow, rain after historic storm sparked floods, power outages
Californians plagued by the extraordinary snow, rains and flooding that have recently lashed the Golden State are girding for another…
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Watch: Stretch of 5 Freeway Floods in Sun Valley During Heavy Storm
Flooding on a section of the 5 Freeway in Sun Valley left the roadway resembling a river Friday. The flooding…
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The Floods, the Farms, and the River That Roared Back
Those words aptly describe the scene I encountered in January, some 70 years after the novel’s publication. Drought seemed a…
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