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RSSWith the north-eastern United States suffering from its worst flooding in years, at least nine people have been killed. The flood in north-eastern Pennsylvania alone forced up to 200,000 people to evacuate. Waters on the Susquehanna River is still...
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Waves crashed high against flood walls Monday and New Orleans’ rebuilt levee system survived its first hurricane in three years, but Gustav exposed weaknesses the...
made popular Sep 1 2008
AP, Washington
Levees in New Orleans have survived Hurricane Gustav so far, but parts of southern Louisiana remain in grave danger, federal emergency management officials said...
made popular Sep 1 2008
AP, New Orleans
The goal to raise levees and build large-scale flood defenses around this flood-torn city could be delayed indefinitely because of congressional demands that Louisiana...
made popular Jun 27 2008
The tragedies in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri have been terrible to watch on the news. I watched in horror, as towns and homes were flooded to almost the top of the...
made popular Jun 23 2008
AP, Washington
The federal government says 20 to 30 more levees may overflow along the Mississippi River from Burlington, Iowa down to St. Louis.Twenty levees have already overflowed...
made popular Jun 18 2008
AP, Baton Rouge
Despite a massive effort to repair and upgrade flood defenses since Hurricane Katrina, storm surge could pour over levees in New Orleans if a strong Category 2 or...
made popular Jun 16 2008
The Louisiana’s marshes are destroying. Along with the worries, people have been blaming oil companies, levees and the burrowing nutria for the phenomenon. But,...
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