Hundreds of Nevada homes flood in levee break
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A levee broke east of Reno, Nevada, on Saturday following a strong winter storm and flooded an estimated 800 homes, a Nevada Department of Public Safety spokesman said.
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A ruptured levee sent a frigid "wall of water" from a rain-swollen canal into this high desert town early Saturday, flooding hundreds of homes and forcing the rescue of more than a dozen people by helicopter and boat.
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FERNLEY, Nev. -- Hundreds of homes sat in as much as 8 feet of water Sunday following a canal rupture as freezing weather spread sheets of ice over yards and streets, hindering efforts to get the water to drain away.
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By John Dickey, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 12--Levees took a beating during high water this winter, driving the number of critical erosion sites from 29 to 140, a state official said.
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Ferocious thunderstorms, heat and humidity added to the Midwest's flooding misery Friday as thousands of people returned to damaged homes, many without electricity to run fans or pumps.
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Up to 44 inches of snow had fallen in parts of the Sierra Nevada and some residents were isolated by flooding after a levee broke early Saturday in Nevadaâs Lyon County.
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President Bush declared part of northern Nevada a national disaster area Tuesday, making federal relief available to hundreds of people whose homes were swamped by a weekend levee rupture.
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Three days of heavy rain and flash floods killed 57 people across several Indian states and forced more than 100,000 from their homes, officials said Saturday.
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Heavy rains caused flooding across parts of eastern Australia on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people as rural towns throughout the area were put on flood alert.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Storms slammed rain-soaked Ohio on Saturday and hundreds of thousands of people in the Midwest were without power after their homes were battered by lashing winds and flooding rains.
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Helicopter and boat crews rescued hundreds of trapped people on Saturday after storms whipped through Britain, flooding towns and villages and sending thousands to emergency shelters.
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Emergency services evacuated hundreds of homes in the university city of Oxford on Wednesday as the River Thames broke its banks and Britain grappled with its worst floods in 60 years.
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Much of Britain has been under flood alert as heavy rain sweeps across the country.
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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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Thousands of homes remain without water and power in northern England after the weekend's extreme weather.
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Storms slammed rain-soaked Ohio on Saturday and hundreds of thousands of people in the Midwest were without power after their homes were battered by lashing winds and flooding rains.
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Nearly 150,000 homes were without drinking water Monday after the worst floodwaters in 60 years swamped large areas of western England.