Ohio braces for flooding
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Flood warnings for several western and northern Ohio counties were posted early Wednesday as rain-swollen rivers and creeks reached their breaking point.
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People in flood-hit areas are urged not to panic as massive efforts begin to get drinking water to those stranded.
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Heavy rains caused serious flooding Sunday in Pennsylvania, Delaware and along Maryland&#039;s Eastern Shore, washing out roads and forcing some residents to evacuate their homes. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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Northern Britain braces itself for more downpours as the people of Carlisle cope with severe flooding.
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By DYLAN T. LOVAN  LOUISVILLE, Ky. - With a dozen people dead from weekend flooding in the Midwest and South, residents were busy shoveling mud from homes and businesses that were inundated with water.
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Heavy rain was forecast throughout Friday in parts of the Midwest already saddled with flooding. Some of the heaviest rainfall accumulations were expected over northern Illinois, with more than 4 inches possible around Chicago.
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Hurricane Frances, poised to slog ashore late Saturday or early Sunday, could bring up to 20 inches of rain and heavy flooding.
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Swollen rivers from torrential rain forced thousands of people from their homes, and forecasters warned Monday that water levels could rise to critical levels.
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Water levels in areas worst-hit by flooding are falling but may take three days to clear, firefighters say.
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Parts of the UK are at a "serious" risk of flooding on Sunday, according to the Environment Agency.
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China's flood-hit Sichuan province faced threats from disease on Wednesday while recovering from the worst flooding in a century as villages downstream on the Yangtze River braced for deluges.
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Gov. Ted Strickland toured flooded towns across northwest Ohio on Friday, after three days of heavy rains and melting snow drove most of the region's rivers over their banks.
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By Greg Kocher, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Sep. 24--As floodwaters rose throughout Central Kentucky, firefighters had a busy night rescuing people from homes and stranded vehicles.   The Montgomery County Fire Department was especially stretched between 3:30 and 4 a.m.
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Storms drew a line down the middle of the nation Tuesday, dumping snow to the north, spawning damaging tornadoes to the south and dropping heavy rain on parts of Ohio still recovering from major floods months ago.
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Ohio residents removed piles of waterlogged carpet, couches and upended refrigerators from their homes Sunday as they began the cleanup from recent flooding that Gov. Ted Strickland called "devastating."
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LISBON, Ohio - Flood waters rushed through rural northeast Ohio on Saturday, ripping houses from their foundations and tearing a 65-foot deep crater into a road, authorities said.    A couple was killed in a crash on a rain-drenched highway, while a man whose home was carried off was found unharmed in a tree, authorities said...
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Fire chiefs call for a single body in charge of tackling floods as England and Wales prepare for more heavy rain.