Floodcrest passes Three Gorges safely
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A massive floodcrest passed safely through the Three Gorges Dam on China&#39;s Yangtze River on Thursday as devastated communities upstream cleaned up from floods that killed at least 177 people and injured thousands.
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK - Scientists flooded the Grand Canyon yesterday to restore beaches and save fish and plants that have been disappearing since sediment-free water began flowing from a dam 40 years ago.
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Â· Torrential rains claim The Field's celebrated bridgeÂ· Country hit by flash floods, landslips and closed roads
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Service afloat despite floods Fasthosts is fully operational despite the continued flooding problems.â¦
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By Christian Hill, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Mar. 3--As the water level rose in Hicks Lake during torrential rains this winter, so did nearby homeowners' fears of flooding.
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"There's several feet of water. It's contaminated with sewage and everything. We can't wade through it because it's not safe"  A man tries to avoid getting wet as the banks of the River Aire in Leeds city centre, northern England, are broken by heavy rain fall, Monday June 25, 2007. via The Macon Telegraph
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At least 161 people have died in China as the country battles the worst flooding in a century. Villages downstream on the Yangtze River are braced for further deluges and water levels are expected to peak
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China's huge Three Gorges Dam hydropower project could spark environmental catastrophe unless accumulating threats are quickly defused, senior officials and experts have warned.
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Chinese 'fess up as project goes titsup Chinese officials have admitted that the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River will, in the absence of urgent preventative action, provoke an ecological and environmental "catastrophe", the Times reports.â¦
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Boats have become a necessary means of transport in the flooded streets of Quxian, north-east of Sichuan province. Picture:Reuters.
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By Levi J. Long, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 13--Visitors are one step closer to taking a visual leap off the Grand Canyon's edge.
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Record rainfall this week triggered floods, landslides and mud flows that killed 152 people in China and forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, state media reported Sunday.
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More than a dozen British teachers feared caught up in the flood-ravaged southern area of Sri Lanka are safe and well, it was confirmed tonight.
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By David Tewes, Victoria Advocate, Texas  Feb. 3--People who live near or drive past the Lone Tree Creek flood control basin near Airline Road in East Victoria may find the area a little easier to look at after a landscaping project is completed this year.
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By Mark Grossi, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 25--LOS BANOS -- A farm road runs through the shriveled San Joaquin River where chinook salmon are supposed to swim in seven years.
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BEIJING - Torrential floods in south-western China have claimed at least 90 lives, leaving 77 others missing. Local officials yesterday sought help from the military in rescuing hundreds trapped by mudslides and caved-in roads.
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New Delhi, Oct. 3 (PTI): Overnight rains came as a blessing in disguise for Chinese runner Yingjie Sun, who crushed Irish star Sonia O&#39;Sullivan&#39;s dream of completing a rare triple of world titles by winning