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7 hrs ago | People's Daily Online

Floods under Antarctic ice speed glaciers into sea

Scientists unveiled on Sunday the first direct evidence that massive floods deep below Antarctica's ice cover are accelerating the flow of glaciers into the sea.

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Related Topix: Science, Oceanography, Natural Disasters

12 hrs ago | India eNews

Will the Biblical flood visit again?

Moscow, Nov 17 The world geological community is warning that today's seismic activity on our planet is nothing compared with what is to come.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Tsunami, Asian Tsunami Disaster

21 hrs ago | News.com.au

Tourists stranded after Alice Springs flood

HUNDREDS of tourists have been stranded in Alice Springs after the desert town was deluged with rain.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Natural Disasters, Travel, Australia Travel

Yesterday | Anchorage Daily News

New standards force major facelift for Tanana River levee

FAIRBANKS: Failures during Katrina led to stricter federal rules. Published: November 16th, 2008 10:29 PM Last Modified: November 16th, 2008 11:06 PM FAIRBANKS -- Fairbanks is paying more this year to clean up ...

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Sun Nov 16, 2008

The Age

Killer storms 'worst in 25 years'

Storms that ripped across south-east Queensland, bringing down power lines, trapping people in floodwaters and killing a man have been described as the most damaging in a quarter of a century.

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Related Topix: Weather, Australia, World News, Natural Disasters

The Mercury

W Cape weather woes almost over

While more heavy rain is forecast for parts of the Cape south coast, the fierce gales that have battered Cape Town and other parts of the Western Cape over the past two days are subsiding, the SA weather ...

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WBBM-AM Chicago

Kane County Flood Victims Getting $700K Aid

Residents of Kane County have so far seen been more than $700,000 in federal aid in response to damage done during September's flooding throughout the region.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Kane County, IL, FEMA, US News, Small Business, Personal Finance

Sat Nov 15, 2008

Daily News

Floods swallow 25 resort homes

By Alison Bevege The resort town of Montagu has been hard hit by the floods, with holiday homes in the hot-springs area washed into the river and the town cut in half.

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Daily News

Sun shines on destroyed infrastructure

By Lynnette Johns, Alison Bevege, Bronwynne Jooste and Zara Nicholson As the skies cleared over the flood-ravaged Western Cape, farmers, local authorities and thousands of ordinary people were counting the cost ...

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NWCN.com

Cleanup begins as flood waters recede

Flood waters in many Western Washington areas are receding, but some areas are still under water as officials begin the work of assessing the damage and cleaning up the mess left behind.

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Related Topix: Washington, Carnation, WA, Natural Disasters, Duvall, WA, Snohomish, WA, Seattle Metro

Fri Nov 14, 2008

KING-TV Seattle

Homeless campers uprooted by flooding

The Snohomish River is one of many rivers across western Washington where homeless people camp and live.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, Natural Disasters, Sultan, WA

Idaho Entertainment

Bulgaria: Growth slows to 5.6 percent in 3Q

Bulgaria: Growth slows to 5.6 percent in 3Q Comments SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria's rapid economic growth cooled to a 5.6 percent rate in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, down from a 7.1 percent in ...

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Related Topix: Bulgaria, World News, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

KNDU-TV

Yakima River Levels on the Rise

As a result of the recent heavy rains in the Cascades, water levels in the Yakima River will rise dramatically over the next 48 hours.

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Related Topix: Benton County, WA, Weather, Yakima, WA, Natural Disasters, Benton City, WA, West Richland, WA

KING-TV Seattle

Swollen rivers flood Western Washington

The rain is letting up, but the fear of flooding isn't over in Western Washington.

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Related Topix: Washington, Natural Disasters, Weather, Snoqualmie, WA, Skykomish, WA, Snohomish, WA

Thu Nov 13, 2008

Biology News Net

Dinosaur whodunit: Solving a 77-million-year-old mystery

It has all the hallmarks of a Cretaceous melodrama. A dinosaur sits on her nest of a dozen eggs on a sandy river beach.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology, Natural Disasters

KVEW

Westside Flood Waters Cresting

The National Weather Service says the flooding rivers in Western Washington have crested.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Grays Harbor County, WA, Cosmopolis, WA

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

7 rescued as floods wash out Oregon road, culvert

Floodwaters from a rainstorm washed out a culvert and a stretch of road, sending two cars into the water.

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Related Topix: Tillamook County, OR, Natural Disasters

KEX-AM Portland

Storm causes flooding and mudslides in the Northwest

The rainstorm caused a lot of damage in Tillamook County Wednesday night. At Fossett Creek, two cars washed downstream near Tillamook after high water causes the Fossett Creek Bridge and forty feet of road to ...

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Related Topix: Tillamook County, OR, Tillamook, OR, Seaside, OR, Natural Disasters, Portland, OR

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