Threat of flooding eases in south Texas
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Even as the threat of floods in south Texas eased, the threat that rivers could spill their banks in the central part of the state remained, the National Weather Service said.
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Tropical Storm Humberto formed off the Texas coast Wednesday, promising to bring more rain and possibly flooding to a state coming off one of the wettest summers in more than 50 years.
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Weather conditions are set to ease after three people die in severe flooding across England and Wales.
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Heavy rain Monday in the San Antonio and Austin areas flooded streets, stranded cars and closed roads. Rising creeks and streams also threatened some homes, forcing residents to move to higher ground.
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More rain fell Thursday in flood-weary parts of Texas, where evacuations were under way and residents were bracing for even more of the constant downpours that have killed 11 people in recent days.
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KEY WEST, Fla. Sept. 12, 2004 - The only whooshing sound Hurricane Ivan stirred in the Keys and populous South Florida on Sunday was a sigh of relief from residents no longer fearful the 150-mph storm would make a direct hit.
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Flood-weary residents of Texas and Oklahoma had no reprieve Friday as more rain fell in a region where two weeks of storms have swollen rivers and lakes beyond their limits.
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Low-pressure systems were expected to cause thunderstorms in the Southern Plains and Southeast on Friday. The West was expected to remain generally clear.
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By Ian McCann and Mike Jackson, The Dallas Morning News  Dec. 18--With reservoirs low, watering still restricted and Mother Nature stingy with rainfall, several North Texas cities are trying to make their landscaping rules more drought-tolerant.
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By Ron Clayton, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  May 30--RELIANCE, Tenn. -- Dry weather is causing cutbacks in water  release on the Hiwassee River, but TVA officials say they have no plans at  this time to change any water-release schedules on the Ocoee River.
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Stormy weather blamed for 12 deaths in the Midwest and South subsided on Sunday, though residents in some states remained shut out of their homes due to high waters.
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Returning residents who had evacuated their home this week kept watch Saturday night on the Brazos River, which officials expected to swell again on Sunday after opening another flood gate at a nearby lake.
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The sun was finally out over South and Central Texas on Sunday after days of torrential rain that left an Amtrak train stranded, flooded roads and sent Boy Scouts on a camping trip fleeing for their lives.
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Residents in areas only now recovering from Hurricane Katrina were warned not to drive through flooded streets for fear of creating wakes that could send water into homes and buildings
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By Emily Ramshaw, The Dallas Morning News  Mar. 1--AUSTIN -- The House put a stamp of approval Wednesday on a bill to help manage water levels across the state, the first of several landmark water planning bills before the Legislature this session.
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Rain fell again Monday southwest of Houston where a 15-inch deluge forced more than 200 residents from their homes Sunday in the small town of El Campo.
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By Mark Babineck, Houston Chronicle  Sep. 6--Hurricane season has been good to Texas so far, and not just because the coast has gone unscathed.