Fire Crews Build Up Telkwa, B.C. Dike to Hold Back 200-Year-Level Flood
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By DIRK MEISSNER  TELKWA, B.C. (CP) - A forest fire crew battled rising flood waters rather than flames Thursday as northern British Columbians fought feverishly to hold back rising flood waters near Smithers.
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More than 100 people have died in  floods and landslides in China where dykes protecting a swollen  river in the east, which has already prompted tens of thousands  to flee their homes, are in danger of being breached.
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By REX BOWMAN  Firefighters battling a five-day-old, 900-acre blaze in stiff winds and steep terrain near the Virginia-Kentucky line pinned it down yesterday with help from a light snow.
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The emergency services have battled through the night to keep a flood-threatened power substation operating.
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Boscastle is saved from a repeat of serious flooding after a defence system was tested by torrential rain.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece, Aug. 27 -- Firefighters backed by aircraft dropped water and foam on the birthplace of the ancient Olympics on Sunday to stop wildfires from burning the 2,800-year-old ruins, one of the most revered sites of antiquity.
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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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By Audra D.S. Burch And Kathleen Mcgrory, The Miami Herald  Jun. 28--The epic drought gripping Lake Okeechobee has opened a mud-spattered window into Florida's prehistoric past.
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Residents of Boscastle are counting the cost today of the damage estimated at millions of pounds caused by a freak downpour.
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By JEFFREY, Craig  ABOUT 4500 people will still be able to brush their teeth when they turn the tap on in Waimate West today.   Water could have run out by now had residents and farmers not heeded a call by authorities to save the precious resource.
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Firefighters attend more than 100 calls   after torrential rain brings flooding, with a woman rescued from a basement.
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By Howard Buck, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 15--Local authorities today are keeping close watch on the ongoing Stevenson landslide.
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Water levels in areas worst-hit by flooding are falling but may take three days to clear, firefighters say.
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PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. (CP) - British Columbians living near rivers were being told to prepare for a long haul as the province's river systems began spilling their banks Tuesday and evacuation alerts were issued.
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By Ryan Teague Beckwith, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 18--Conservationists found an unlikely ally in the fight to save Marks Creek: a home builder.
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Up to 200,000 people in the Wilkes-Barre area were ordered to evacuate their homes Wednesday because of rising water on the Susquehanna River, swelled by a record-breaking deluge that has killed at least 12 people across the Northeast.
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LOCKWOOD VALLEY, Calif. -- Fire crews guarded homes and ranches Wednesday as a stubborn wildfire that has jumped containment lines crept within a half-mile of hundreds of dwellings.