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Brazil's president asks God to halt rains that have killed 116, proposes aid for survivors
Associated Press WriterSAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) _ Brazil's president asked God to halt the devastating rains that have killed at least 116 people in a southern state and offered new plans on Monday to help tens of thousands of people rebuild ruined homes and businesses....Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Foreign Aid, Disasters, Avalanches and Landslides, Government
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Get out the galoshes: Highest tide in 20 years floods Venice's historic center
Associated Press WriterVENICE, Italy (AP) _ Venice could use a bailout. The city built on water has too much of it. Residents and tourists waded through knee-deep water Monday as they navigated the city's narrow streets and alleys, and its historic St. Mark's Square was...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Venice
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Report blames wet spring, record rain for flooding
An unusually wet spring that dumped nearly twice as much rainfall as normal in the months before a record June deluge expanded the scope of the flooding that followed, a federal report has concluded. The report by the U.S. Geological Survey said soils...Tags: Disasters, Research, Bodies of Water, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Weather Reports
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Maritime comeback
Special to The Baltimore SunThe Annapolis Maritime Museum in Eastport has learned a few lessons from the tropical storm that demolished its headquarters five years ago. Tropical Storm Isabel ripped off the piers and dock and tore gaping holes in the 90-year-old McNasby Oyster Co....Tags: Gardens and Parks, Chesapeake Bay, Plant Openings, Oysters, Bodies of Water
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Months later, Tropical Storm Fay still lingers
Sentinel Staff WriterIt's been more than three months since Tropical Storm Fay drenched Central Florida, leaving a trail of flooded homes and washed-out roads. The water's gone, but as the hurricane season concludes, disrupted families are still trying to figure out what to...Tags: National Hurricane Center, Disasters, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Damage, Bodies of Water
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Sri Lanka says 7 killed, 98,000 displaced by raging floods
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) _ Floods caused by days of heavy rains killed at least seven people, left four soldiers missing and displaced tens of thousands in insurgency-ravaged northern Sri Lanka, officials said Saturday. Keerthi Ekanayake of the Disaster...Tags: Foreign Aid, Disasters, Wars and Interventions, Natural Disasters, Relief and Aid Organizations
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Brazil tries to get aid to cities cut off by floods
NAVEGANTES, Brazil Brazil tried to rush aid yesterday to nearly 80,000 people driven from their homes by rain-spawned mudslides and floods that have killed at least 99 people, while helicopter crews searched for families isolated by floodwaters. Eight...Tags: Disasters, Natural Disasters
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Flood victims in Brazil wade back into homes
ITAJAI, Brazil Flood victims waded through waist-deep water into mud-filled houses yesterday in a devastated part of southern Brazil where neighbors set up patrols to keep looters away and lined up by the thousands for government food handouts. As... -
Brazil: Flood victims wade home
Flood victims waded through waist-deep water into mud-filled houses Thursday in a devastated part of southern Brazil where neighbors set up patrols to keep looters away and lined up by the thousands for government food handouts. As waters from torrential... -
Rain deemed cause of Columbus floods in June
A report shows that torrential rain, not a dam malfunction, caused the flooding in June that affected one of every seven structures in Columbus. A report from the U.S. Geological Survey summarized reasons for the event, detailed its effects and...Tags: Disasters, Natural Disasters, Weather Statistics, Weather Reports
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Relentless Atlantic hurricane season sets records for repeatedly pounding US and Cuba
AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Sunday, seemed to strike the United States and Cuba as if on redial, setting at least five weather records for persistence and repeatedly striking the same areas. "It was pretty...Tags: National Hurricane Center, Disasters, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Damage, Tropical Storms
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Colombians worldwide demand freedom for rebel-held hostages
Associated Press WriterBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) _ Tens of thousands of Colombians marched on Friday to demand leftist rebels free hostages they have held for as long as a decade or more. Marches and rallies were held in dozens of Colombian towns and cities and 25 countries,...Tags: Fraud, Alvaro Uribe, Corporate Crime, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces
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