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U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 20, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- It could be a month or two before work begins to ease the threat of a catastrophic flood in a historic mining town, officials say. More than a billion gallons of water contaminated with heavy metals is trapped in a tunnel in the mountains above the town o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 4:42pm neoform

USA Today -- The flood engulfing homes to the rooftops carried an extra curse Tuesday as a slick of 42,000 gallons of thick crude oil floated downstream with the mud and debris, coating everything it touched with a slimy, smelly layer of goo. VIDEO: No break in Kan.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- Reports of this town’s impending demise have been greatly exaggerated. Take it from John Hark, emergency management director for the boyhood hometown of America’s most beloved literary curmudgeon, Mark Twain. “We think we’re good,” Hark sa.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 9:43am neoform

CBS News -- Fast-moving storms caused major flooding Wednesday morning that overwhelmed New York's subway system. In the end, thousands of people were left scratching their heads and wiping sweat from their brows as they found themselves stuck in sizzling heat search.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 21, 2007 @ 1:30pm neoform

SF Gate -- In this city still half-emptied from one of the worst floods in American history, one question provokes the ever-present doubt. Exactly how risky is it to live here? On Wednesday, for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, U.S. officials offered so.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 21, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

Washington Post -- In this city still half-emptied from one of the worst floods in American history, one question provokes the ever present doubt. Exactly how risky is it to live here? Today, for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, U.S. officials offered some spec.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu May 17, 2007 @ 11:35pm neoform

Denver Post -- It is impossible to imagine the desperation that Elsha Guel must have felt Monday as a flash flood swept her 2-year-old son from her grasp. Out for their usual evening stroll, the mother and child took shelter under a bridge to escape hail from a quick.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 7:46am neoform

FOX News -- Flood water topped at least 20 levees protecting low-lying communities along the Missouri River and other nearby streams, authorities said Wednesday. Stretches of highway have been closed and thousands of people have been evacuated because of flooding.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 8, 2007 @ 12:19pm neoform

MSNBC -- The weekend storms continued their misery across parts of the Plains. One man drowned Monday in western Oklahoma when a flood swept his vehicle off a rural road, authorities said. The National Weather Service has issued flash flooding warnings for 10 O.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 8, 2007 @ 12:19pm neoform

MSNBC -- This is a major flood’ There will be differences though. The 1993 flood, one of the most costly and devastating in U.S. history, was caused by melting snow combined with heavy rain over a two-month period. After that, state buyouts of property on flo.. Read More