Wet-weather plunge on Vinnie
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WITH the heavens set to open over Melbourne this morning, one of Australia&#39;s biggest bookmakers predicts a rush of money so large for Irish galloper Vinnie Roe that he will become the new favourite for today&#39;s Melbourne Cup.
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Torrential rains hit the region this week and floods submerged more than 10,000 houses and brought traffic to a standstill. A disaster management official from the coastal province of Quang Ngai says a red
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SANTA Claus almost got his wish for snow on a flying visit to Melbourne today. Santa, who arrived to unveil department store Myer&#39;s traditional Christmas windows in the Bourke Street Mall, was greeted with a wintry wind and driving rain.
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Fishing is steady although the number of anglers going out has been down somewhat. Walleye can still be taken most anywhere, but you have to work for it.  Dropping water levels have led to unusable ramps.
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Met ireann has issued a severe weather warning and forecasts gusts of up to 100 m.p.h. in exposed parts of the west and south this evening.
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Though the day of the final dawned bright and sunny, the six inches of rain that drenched this part of the world over the last week made parts of the ground too soggy for a timely start.
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By Cody Lowe, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Jun. 20--The insistent shush of the little stream was clear and bright, even though it was well out of sight and probably 100 vertical feet below the wooded path.
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By Shelley Byrne, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Sep. 25--The rain is over, but the trouble is just beginning for some of those who live near creeks and rivers.
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Big winds this week kicked up quite a sea in our region, where the fishing before the storm was fairly solid. Even with the cold front and all the rain, the ocean temperature has not cooled enough to drive the migrants out, and excellent fishing takes place in October, especially in southern waters.
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Wet weather is set to put a dampener on the Spring Bank Holiday weekend as sun gives way to heavy rain.
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This summer is likely to prove the wettest since records began in 1914, the Met Office says.
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Vaana can be watched for the technical aspects. As a love story, it seems to be washed away by the rain!
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters â is under way.
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Rain came to England's rescue after veteran Sri Lankan seamer Chaminda Vaas ripped through the top order in the third and final cricket Test here.
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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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By Henry Brean  By HENRY BREAN  REVIEW-JOURNAL  Aided by a full moon and relatively calm conditions, Lake Mead's northernmost marina completed its slow sail to deeper water without incident Sunday.
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Â·  No rain forecast in south of state until September Â·  Sprinklers and car washing could be stopped