Beams Used to Close Flood Gates Stolen
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - It's a good thing Huntington didn't need to close it's flood gates as the Ohio River flooded this week because some of the equipment used to do so has been stolen...
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A town in Ohio brought out snowplows and fire hoses Monday to clear the muck away. In New Jersey, the Statehouse was closed after its parking garage was flooded by the Delaware River.
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National Guard members filled sand bags and a crane wielding a steel beam pounded away Tuesday at the ice-jammed Winooski River as the capital city maintained a tense watch on the river, fearing a repeat of a 1992 flood that devastated downtown.
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Someone else is running out of things to close.
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By Deidre Williams, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Dec. 9--Thieves broke through a basement window of a landmark church on the East Side this week, ransacking the building and leaving behind a big mess.
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A collection box for the tsunami disaster appeal is stolen from Salisbury Cathedral.
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Victim reported to have been trying to unblock drain in Hull to prevent floodwaters rising in surrounding areas.
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By James Yoo  KINNELON  Repairs to three dams owned by the Fayson Lakes Association will help protect the neighborhood from flooding, but they'll come at an added cost to residents.
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"There's several feet of water. It's contaminated with sewage and everything. We can't wade through it because it's not safe"  A man tries to avoid getting wet as the banks of the River Aire in Leeds city centre, northern England, are broken by heavy rain fall, Monday June 25, 2007. via The Macon Telegraph
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 26--GULFPORT -- The Peoples Bank branch on 30th Avenue was robbed shortly after 9 this morning. The Gulfport Police Department is on the scene investigating.   The branch will be closed for a short while.
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - In what could qualify for Ripley's Believe It or Not, seven thieves stole an entire 13-yard bridge near the southern Bosnian town of Mostar, police said Friday.    Over several days, the group dismantled the metal bridge built during the Austro-Hungarian empire 150 years ago, transported the parts to a local junk yard and sold them, a police statement said...
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Returning residents who had evacuated their home this week kept watch Saturday night on the Brazos River, which officials expected to swell again on Sunday after opening another flood gate at a nearby lake.
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More than 48,000 homes have power restored in one of the worst-hit areas as floods recede.
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By Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Dec. 12--Two construction firms reported thefts of tools and materials in Rochester last week totaling $8,600.   Rochester police reported a home site at 797 Brandon Lane S.W. and another at 1425 South Echo Ridge Lane had thefts overnight on Dec.
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By Anna King, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 7--Workers on Tuesday towed to safety a piece of motorized track equipment that dangled from a bridge over the Columbia River.
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Hundreds of Riverside County residents were evacuated as a precaution Friday after water began seeping through a dam's earthen extension and authorities released millions of gallons into a river to relieve pressure.
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By Tu-Uyen Tran, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 23--Construction crews tested the last of East Grand Forks' dike closures Thursday to ensure that it's ready for the next flood fight.