Days After Rain, Central Kansas Rivers Still Rise
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By Amanda O'Toole and Barbara J. Isenberg, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  May 26--It's been days since more than 8 inches of rain pounded parts of Reno County and other areas in central Kansas, but its effects are just starting to appear downstream.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. May 26--GUNNISON -- It all seemed so simple 85 years ago: The proportions were cut and dried. Turns out, they're all wet.
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Soaring energy costs and one of the worst droughts to grip Kansas in a century have led farmers to work hard to conserve water.
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By Barbara Hollingsworth  By Barbara Hollingsworth  THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL  Parched Perry Lake won't lose any more water this season to support barge traffic in the Missouri River downstream.  Kansas officials, including Gov.
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Rain was expected across much of the Midwest and South Monday, while hot and dry weather was to remain in the West &#151; including persistent triple-digit temperatures in some areas.
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The Matilija Dam isn't much of a dam anymore &#151; on rainy days, it looks more like a waterfall. A pile of sediment has built up so high behind the dam that when just an inch of rain falls, water spills over in glistening cascades.
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There are warnings of further flooding in central and southern England as river levels continue to rise.
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By Brent Frazee, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Mar. 4--COTTER, Ark. -- Donald Cranor's hopes of catching a big brown trout on the White River were rising almost as quickly as the water.
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Quang Tri, Nov. 27 (VNA)- Six days of continual rain beginning Monday has caused floods in most of central provinces, claiming the lives of 29 people, injuring four others and causing one to be reported missing.
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By TONY SPILDE  By TONY SPILDE  With Lake Sakakawea just a tenth of a foot from dropping to a red- flag low, Sen. Byron Dorgan is concerned that some towns downstream along the Missouri River could run out of water this summer.
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Water levels in flooded central and western England are expected to remain high for the next 24 hours and about 140,000 homes in Gloucestershire could be without water for the next fortnight.
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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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KUALA LUMPUR: Don't worry about the coming drought. There's enough water in our dams.  Most of the major rivers and tributaries - the main source of water - are also full due to the recent rainy season.
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Rain and thunderstorms continued throughout the central part of the nation on Monday, while mostly dry and clear skies prevailed elsewhere.
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By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Dec. 16--When community leaders returned from a trip to Richmond, Va., in September, they were fired up over how to improve Wichita.   It has been three months since the trip.
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The U.S. Midwest was battered by rain, thunderstorms, and tornadoes late on Monday and early on Tuesday, while the central Plains was spared much of the harsh weather, which was a relief for cattle already stressed by previous storms.
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By Yangkyoung Lee, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 20--If the Red River in Grand Forks-East Grand Forks crests at 41 feet this weekend, as expected, it will set a record for June floods.   The current record is 40.11 feet, set in June 2005. The record before that was set in 2000.