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Army Corps releases water from 2 Houston dams; thousands of homes to be impacted
Emergency workers began releasing water into the Buffalo Bayou from two flood-control dams in Houston on Monday — a move that could affect thousands of area residents, officials said. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it began to release water from the Addicks and Barker dams early Monday to prevent uncontrollable flooding of the Houston metropolitan area as water levels continued to rise rapidly from torrential rains released by Tropical Storm Harvey.
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‘All We See Is Dead Bodies’: Floods and Mudslides Ravage Sierra Leone
Torrents of water rushed through the streets of the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown on Monday, causing mudslides that killed hundreds and trapped hundreds more in their homes and vehicles, officials said. As many as 200 people were killed after heavy rains overnight deluged the city’s poor drainage system and created one of the most devastating floods Freetown has experienced.
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Death toll in Nepal floods, landslides rises to 49
Torrential rain battered Nepal on Sunday, causing widespread flooding and landslides and raising the death toll from three days of severe weather to 49 people, according to officials. The toll could go higher as three dozen people were reported missing. Another 17 were injured.
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Miami Is Totally Underwater Right Now Thanks to Tropical Storm Emily
Well, uh, don't drive in Miami right now. Thanks to the remnants of yesterday's Tropical Storm Emily (which has since weakened to a depression), most of Miami Beach and a big chunk of downtown Miami sit under something close to a foot of water. Cars can't move, trees have fallen into roads, and a flash-flood warning has been issued for Miami Beach until 5:45 p.m.
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The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas. The World Is Watching.
In the waterlogged Netherlands, climate change is considered neither a hypothetical nor a drag on the economy. Instead, it’s an opportunity.
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Sharp Rise in Flooding Ahead for World’s Poorest
Some of the world’s most vulnerable live in the tropics, where sea rise will cause a sharp rises in floods. By John Upton.
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'Worst we've ever seen': Lake levels Spark Homeowner Concerns over Flooding, Damage
Environment Canada says a massive system is slowly drenching much of Ontario, the Maritimes and Quebec. Record precipitation levels — with double to triple the seasonal norms for rainfall — have threatened to trigger widespread flooding in those areas.
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Colombia landslides: More than 100 die after Heavy Rain hits South-West
Hundreds are also injured in the province of Putumayo after heavy rain causes mudslides.
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Ex-Cyclone Debbie: Australia Floods Force more Evacuations
Ex-Cyclone Debbie brings widespread flash flooding to Queensland's most populous region.
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Peru braces for more flooding after at least 67 deaths
Intense rains and mudslides have wreaked havoc around the Andean nation and caught residents by surprise in Lima, a desert city of 10 million where it almost never rains.
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Australia flood: Six missing Following Record Rainfall
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) described it as a twice-a-century weather event, creating waterfalls all over Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, a site sacred to indigenous people at the heart of the park in neighbouring Northern Territory.
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Supermoon Tide Leaves Octopus Stranded in Parking Garage
The recent lunar event contributed to tidal flooding in Miami, which is becoming a more regular occurrence due to rising sea levels. By Delaney Chambers.
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Exclusive photos show flood devastation in North Korea
It’s been more than two months since Typhoon Lionrock dumped nearly eight inches of rain on North Korea in three days, triggering a catastrophic flood along the border with China that killed at least 138 people and left another 400 missing. And now, with sub-zero winter temperatures looming, the situation is perhaps even more dire than in the flood’s immediate aftermath.
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Matthew-Fueled Storm System Causes Severe Flooding in Eastern Canada
Moisture from former Hurricane Matthew fueled a weather system that caused major flooding in parts of eastern Canada.
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North Korea Defied World with Nuclear Test. Now it Seeks Aid for Flood Disaster.
More than 100,000 people have been displaced since a storm late last month.
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New Yorkers must prepare for possible coastal flooding rain New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
The New York Emergency Management Department encourages New Yorkers to get ready for possible impacts of Tropical Storm Hermine. The National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the Nyc region until further notice. A Storm Surge Watch has been issued for New York coastal regions until further notice.
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Typhoon Lionrock Floods Northern Japan, 11 Dead
Heavy rain from Typhoon Lionrock floods towns across Japan's north and leaves at least 11 people dead, most of them elderly residents at a nursing home who could not escape rising floodwaters.
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Connecting the Dots on 2016’s Extreme Summer Weather and Global Warming
The extreme weather events of 2016 show the deadly fingerprints of global warming, scientists say.
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Louisiana floods: One of the worst US disasters in recent years
Days of heavy rain have caused historic flooding in the US state of Louisiana, bringing as much as 31in (79cm) across a third of the state of Louisiana.
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18 Major Flood Events Have Hit Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas Since March 2015
The number of flood events in parts of the South since March 2015 is staggering.
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