Rising Water Prompts Calif. Evacuations
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Rainwater building up behind a dam prompted authorities to order the evacuation of more than 800 homes in Riverside County early Friday.
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More than 500,000 people  are ordered to evacuate areas being engulfed by wildfires in California.
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Hundreds of people were evacuated on Sunday from the posh Californian city of Malibu after wildfires destroyed several homes and threatened to set ablaze a university, fire officials said
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Strong winds and high temperatures fuel California brush fires, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes.
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George Bush declares a major disaster in California as fires spark the biggest US evacuation since Katrina.
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By Art Campos, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--The warm weather has arrived, and so has the potential for accidents in lakes, rivers and swimming pools.
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An intense rainfall has forced evacuations, threatened water supplies and caused expensive flood damage in parts of Britain, which struggled to recover Sunday.
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Thousands of evacuees return to their California homes, some of which are wrecked, as wildfires subside.
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About 300,000 residents in coastal areas of Palm Beach County were told to evacuate starting 2 p.m. Thursday.
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Government officials ordered the evacuation of 15,000 people from low-lying areas on the Baja California peninsula Thursday as Hurricane John approached, the state governor's office said.
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Clean-up continues with waters still rising in some areas.
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Flooding forced scores of people to evacuate homes along a scenic Arizona stream Wednesday as parts of the Southwest were soaked by a powerful Pacific storm.
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A federal judge on Friday imposed limits on water flows caused by huge pumps sending water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River delta to users around the state, saying the pumps were drawing in and destroying a threatened fish.
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By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 27--SOUTH LAKE TAHOE -- What happened Tuesday was unexpected. Today, they know it could get worse.
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By Stephen Curran, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 14--As temperatures soared Wednesday, emergency personnel took to land, water and air to battle two small fires in the North County and another near Arroyo Grande, all just before 3 p.m.
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By Matt Weiser and Jim Downing, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 3--The fate of a water supply serving two in three Californians has come down to tides, temperature and the mysterious movements of a tiny fish.
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Nearly three million gallons (11 million liters) of partially treated sewage and storm water spilled into San Francisco Bay off the coast of affluent Marin County, officials said on Friday, just months after a major oil spill hit the bay.