Floods threaten to burst dam
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M1 closed as firefighters trying to drain Yorkshire reservoir less than a mile from motorway and near power station.
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More than 300 people are feared dead after a storm triggers flash floods in the Philippines, officials say.
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China's huge Three Gorges Dam hydropower project could spark environmental catastrophe unless accumulating threats are quickly defused, senior officials and experts have warned.
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More than 800 homes were evacuated  in Southern California and flash flood warnings were issued on  Friday after a dam began leaking following more than two weeks  of heavy rain.
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More than 100 people have died in  floods and landslides in China where dykes protecting a swollen  river in the east, which has already prompted tens of thousands  to flee their homes, are in danger of being breached.
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About 2,500 people were ordered to  evacuate their homes in Southern California on Friday when a  106-foot high dam began leaking after two weeks of rain.
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Flood-hit communities in England and Wales are warned to prepare for the threat of further heavy rain.
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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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NANO VILLAGE, Pakistan -- Troops and rescue workers raced to a coastal town ruined when heavy rains burst a large dam, sending water surging through the streets and sweeping people into the Arabian Sea. At least 54 were dead and hundreds missing, officials said yesterday.
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Residents across England brace themselves for floods as a key rail route is closed by rising water levels.
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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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The Army Corps of Engineers closed a gate on a suburban canal as heavy rains lashed the flood-prone city, raising fears that climbing waters threatened to top the walls holding them back.
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Many parts of Scotland are on flood alert as heavy overnight rain filters into the Scottish river system.
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Executive ministers meet to decide how best to respond to severe floods across Northern Ireland.
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China's Sichuan province faced the  threat of epidemics on Wednesday after the worst flooding in a  century killed at least 161 people and injured thousands and  water levels at the huge Three Gorges Dam were due to peak.
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State officials today urged people to stay where they were because of the possibility of flooding, but not everyone heeded the warning.
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There are warnings of further flooding after more heavy rain is forecast, particularly for the south of England.