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US Flood Damage Annual Cost Likely To Go Up By 25% By 2050, Say Experts
Climate change is on track to ramp up the annual cost of US flood damage more than 25 percent by 2050, according to new research Monday that warns disadvantaged communities will likely bear the brunt of the financial burden.
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Search Continues For 2 Indian-Origin Persons Missing After US Floods
Authorities in New Jersey are searching with the help of drones and boats for two missing young Indian-origin persons in the massive floods caused by Hurricane Ida, which has killed over 40 people in the US, officials said.
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Millions In US Brace For ''Life-Threatening'' Blizzards, Potential Floods
A blizzard hitting the U.S. Rockies on Wednesday was forecast to move eastward over the next day, threatening to bring new flooding to the Plains states including parts of South Dakota and Missouri that are still recovering from last month's inundation.
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Flights Cancelled, Over A Million Without Power As Storm Pounds Northeast US
Seawater poured onto some coastal streets in Boston where businesses were surrounded with flood barriers and sandbags and waves pounded homes along coastal Massachusetts as a storm packing heavy winds hit the U.S. East Coast from Maine to Virginia.
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Sandbags And Warnings As Northeast US Braces For Storm-Driven Flood
Businesses blocked doors with sandbags and officials warned residents of waterfront homes to be ready to evacuate as the northeastern United States braced for a powerful storm on Friday that threatened to flood coasts from Maine to North Carolina.
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With 40,000 Homes Damaged In Floods, Lousiana Faces Worst Housing Crisis Since Katrina
Keisha Taylor, a 37-year-old mother of four, has spent three nights in two different shelters since her family fled the flooding at their Baton Rouge apartment complex. And she doesn't know how many more nights they will be sleeping on cots inside the downtown arena where hundreds sought shelter.
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Soldiers Hit Streets As US Floods Death Toll Rises
The Illinois National Guard was ordered into action Friday and hundreds of people urged to flee rising floodwaters, as the death toll from days of heavy rain in the US Midwest mounted.
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Frantic Fight Against Floods Swamping US Towns
Soldiers and volunteers packed sand bags Wednesday in a frantic effort to stave off floodwaters that have already swamped several small towns and claimed thirteen lives in the US state of Missouri.
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Widespread Flooding Hits Missouri, Illinois With Rivers Still Rising
Rain-swollen rivers rose across Missouri on Wednesday with widespread flooding forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people, closing parts of a major interstate highway and threatening to wash out scores of structures.
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Severe Floods Hit Missouri As US Storms Sweep North
Floods in Missouri forced hundreds of residents out of their homes on Tuesday after four days of storms sent rivers to record levels, killing at least 13 people, closing hundreds of roads and halting shipping on the swollen Mississippi river.
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16 Dead in Historic South Carolina Rains and Flooding
The death from record floods that swamped swaths of the southeastern United States has climbed to 16, officials said Tuesday, as the focus shifted to damage assessment and securing dams.
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Record Floods Kill 9 in US State of South Carolina
The death toll from record floods in the US state of South Carolina jumped from three to nine Monday, as tens of thousands were left without power and drinking water, the governor said.
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Heavy rains unleash deadly US flooding
Torrential rains lashed the U.S. midsection on Thursday, causing flash flooding that killed a woman and a child, damaged homes and forced multiple water rescues.
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US Flood Damage Annual Cost Likely To Go Up By 25% By 2050, Say Experts
Climate change is on track to ramp up the annual cost of US flood damage more than 25 percent by 2050, according to new research Monday that warns disadvantaged communities will likely bear the brunt of the financial burden.
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Search Continues For 2 Indian-Origin Persons Missing After US Floods
Authorities in New Jersey are searching with the help of drones and boats for two missing young Indian-origin persons in the massive floods caused by Hurricane Ida, which has killed over 40 people in the US, officials said.
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Millions In US Brace For ''Life-Threatening'' Blizzards, Potential Floods
A blizzard hitting the U.S. Rockies on Wednesday was forecast to move eastward over the next day, threatening to bring new flooding to the Plains states including parts of South Dakota and Missouri that are still recovering from last month's inundation.
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Flights Cancelled, Over A Million Without Power As Storm Pounds Northeast US
Seawater poured onto some coastal streets in Boston where businesses were surrounded with flood barriers and sandbags and waves pounded homes along coastal Massachusetts as a storm packing heavy winds hit the U.S. East Coast from Maine to Virginia.
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Sandbags And Warnings As Northeast US Braces For Storm-Driven Flood
Businesses blocked doors with sandbags and officials warned residents of waterfront homes to be ready to evacuate as the northeastern United States braced for a powerful storm on Friday that threatened to flood coasts from Maine to North Carolina.
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With 40,000 Homes Damaged In Floods, Lousiana Faces Worst Housing Crisis Since Katrina
Keisha Taylor, a 37-year-old mother of four, has spent three nights in two different shelters since her family fled the flooding at their Baton Rouge apartment complex. And she doesn't know how many more nights they will be sleeping on cots inside the downtown arena where hundreds sought shelter.
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Soldiers Hit Streets As US Floods Death Toll Rises
The Illinois National Guard was ordered into action Friday and hundreds of people urged to flee rising floodwaters, as the death toll from days of heavy rain in the US Midwest mounted.
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Frantic Fight Against Floods Swamping US Towns
Soldiers and volunteers packed sand bags Wednesday in a frantic effort to stave off floodwaters that have already swamped several small towns and claimed thirteen lives in the US state of Missouri.
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Widespread Flooding Hits Missouri, Illinois With Rivers Still Rising
Rain-swollen rivers rose across Missouri on Wednesday with widespread flooding forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people, closing parts of a major interstate highway and threatening to wash out scores of structures.
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Severe Floods Hit Missouri As US Storms Sweep North
Floods in Missouri forced hundreds of residents out of their homes on Tuesday after four days of storms sent rivers to record levels, killing at least 13 people, closing hundreds of roads and halting shipping on the swollen Mississippi river.
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16 Dead in Historic South Carolina Rains and Flooding
The death from record floods that swamped swaths of the southeastern United States has climbed to 16, officials said Tuesday, as the focus shifted to damage assessment and securing dams.
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Record Floods Kill 9 in US State of South Carolina
The death toll from record floods in the US state of South Carolina jumped from three to nine Monday, as tens of thousands were left without power and drinking water, the governor said.
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Heavy rains unleash deadly US flooding
Torrential rains lashed the U.S. midsection on Thursday, causing flash flooding that killed a woman and a child, damaged homes and forced multiple water rescues.
