Thousands Join Effort to Make Beach Cleanup a Sweeping Success
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By Tom Buckham  Renee Foley returned from cleanup duty at Woodlawn Beach holding up a plastic yellow windshield scraper she had plucked from the sand. It was molded in the shape of the numeral 1.
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Many of Florida's beaches have taken on a different look after this year's parade of hurricanes finished shifting, eroding or completely relocating tons of sand. How to deal with that change will be a complicated and costly problem, coastal experts say.
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The Philippines began a massive cleanup Friday from a pair of devastating storms that have left hundreds dead and thousands homeless.
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Thousands of Indonesians were cleaning  up mud and debris from their flood-damaged homes on Saturday  after rains eased and waters that forced many into cramped  emergency shelters begin to subside.
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By Tony Henderson  A machine which cleans roads and other surfaces by blasting out up to six gallons of high pressure water a minute was put through its paces yesterday.
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Thousands of Indonesians were cleaning up mud and debris from their flood-damaged homes on Saturday after rains eased and waters that forced many into cramped emergency shelters begin to subside.
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About 150 people were ready to begin cleaning up an oil spill threatening endangered animals on Sunday, four days after a ship broke apart and six people died in a helicopter rescue attempt.
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By Patrick Mcdermott, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun. 9--MARY ESTHER -- Officials here are happy about a clean record at their wastewater treatment plant, and hope a new expansion puts the city in good shape for the future.
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Dude, nothing will harsh your mellow faster than catching a few tasty waves and running into someone else's trash.  The First Coast Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is teaming with the city's Clean it Up, Green it Up department Saturday to clean up the beaches.
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Floridians began mopping up on Tuesday and counting the cost of Hurricane Frances' long, destructive path through the state, and thousands of people joined long lines for ice, water and fuel.
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Clean-up continues with waters still rising in some areas.
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Volunteers are needed to give Teesside's beaches an autumn clean this Saturday.   Beachwatch events will take place at both Redcar and Saltburn beaches in a bid to keep the sands spick and span.
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One person's generator is the neighborhood's generator. Teenagers volunteer to clear debris from neighbors' lawns. A funeral home provides cremation services, at no cost, to a woman who lost her husband and home during Hurricane Jeanne.
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Hundreds of householders are mopping up or bracing for flooding as heavy rain continues
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By Erika Slife, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jan. 31--DELRAY BEACH -- With markers, giant sheets of paper and a list of questions, about 100 people put their heads together Tuesday and tried to solve the problems of the city.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. Sept. 29, 2004 - Many of Florida&#39;s beaches have taken on a different look after this year&#39;s parade of hurricanes finished shifting, eroding or completely relocating tons of sand.
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By Stacey Eidson, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Mar. 7--SARASOTA -- With her plastic bag in hand, Siesta Key resident Beverly Peyser enjoys her early morning walks on the beach so much that she doesn't mind occasionally picking up trash scattered along the shore.