Floods 'alarm call' to utilities
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Severn Trent Water says July's floods in Gloucestershire should be an "alarm call" to the utilities industry.
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Relentless rain overwhelmed flood defences in Yorkshire again yesterday, bursting river banks in central Leeds and forcing firefighters to evacuate 60 children from a nursery school and 70 staff from a textile mill
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6  /PRNewswire/ -- NOAA's National Weather Service awarded seven grants to improve local flood warning systems in order to help reduce the loss of life, property damage and disruption of commerce resulting from floods.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - City Hall workers were alarmed when they were forced to evacuate after a ticking package was delivered. The alarm ended when the alarm went off.
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By Warren Cornwall, Seattle Times  Dec. 16--Jim Pitts was in the basement of his Normandy Park home, vacuuming half an inch of floodwater off the floor, when the call came Thursday night shortly after 7 o'clock.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 25--Catawba County will soon launch a notification system to alert the public of emergencies such as flooding or hazardous waste spills.   The Community Alert System will use phone, e-mail and text messages to contact residents.
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Insurers warn that up to 10,000 homes planned for the South-East are at risk of flooding, without better planning.
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Emergency services are working to restore power to Boscastle after flash floods wrecked the Cornish village.
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Worst flooding for a decade leaves up to 1.5 million in need of emergency help.
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By WOODD, Richard  HAWERA and its surrounding communities are on emergency water supplies after a major blowout in the supply line from the Kapuni Stream intake.
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A storm heading from the Atlantic towards the UK prompts authorities to issue new flood warnings.
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ASHLAND, Mass. - A faulty bank fax printed a message that was misinterpreted as a bomb threat Wednesday, leading authorities to evacuate more than a dozen neighboring businesses and a day care center.  The branch manager of the Bank of America called police about 10 a.m.
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The public must be alerted about the risk that not managing water properly could lead to shortages, MPs warn.
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A record number of emergency calls were made to the ambulance service over Hogmanay, figures show.
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By Max B. Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Mar. 12--David Wasson works hard to make sure he provides enough water to his Benbrook customers.   But he wants to pipe it into their homes, not send it by way of a flood.
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WELSH householders were faced with the heartbreaking job of clearing up yesterday after their homes had been flooded for the second time in under a year.
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Flood warnings issued around Midlands and north-east with river levels expected to peak tomorrow