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Floods: United States
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Floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters. Most communities in the United States can experience some degree of flooding after spring rains, heavy thunderstorms or winter snow thaws.
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While African Web sites and newspapers, as well as the United Nations Information Network, are filled with stories about the floods, the major English-language media in the West have ignored this tragedy. Instead, MSNBC ran a humorous piece Aug. 2 on snow in South Africa. The Washington Post ran a 560-word article Aug. 15.
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In the past 8 years, California has experienced a series of emergencies: fires, earthquakes, severe winter weather and floods. Damages have exceeded $50 billion, and claimed 237 lives. In 1995, floods resulted in every county, declaring a state of emergency in each one. 1997 floods required the largest evacuations in the state’s history. PRNewsWire, 12/31/9
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During the 20th century, floods were the number-one natural disaster in the United States in terms of the number of lives lost and property damage. For more than 110 years the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has measured floods for the Nation's benefit while supplying additional streamflow data with its extensive stream-gaging network. Thirty-two of the most significant floods (in terms of number of lives lost and (or) property damage) in the United States during the 20th century are listed according to the various types of floods. Internet sites for acquiring near-real-time streamflow data and other pertinent flood information are provided.
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A serious situation still persists in at least 7 districts of Orissa, severely affected by floods. This was the fifth phase of flooding in the state, the first of which was reported in the second week of July.
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A state Senate committee heard sharply divergent views Thursday about the role that logging may have played in exacerbating the early-December floods in Southwest Washington. During the storm, dozens of slides ripped down heavily logged mountain slopes, carrying wood, rock and m…
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