Storms, Drought Take Their Toll
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By Xiao Feng in Beijing and He Na in Changchun  The Ministry of Civil Affairs engaged a level-4 emergency response mechanism yesterday afternoon to deal with the damage inflicted by the heavy rains that have doused East China's Jiangxi Province.
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By P. Kim Bui, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Feb. 8--A round of storms predicted for this week could help the county avoid a drought.
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Several towns were under flood warnings Thursday after powerful storms raced across the upper Midwest, toppling trees and power lines and bringing so much rain that one community was split in two by flooding.
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The low snowpack in the Cascade Range is raising the specter of water shortages this summer, but a new study of tree-ring data indicates the Northwest has endured far worse droughts over the past 250 years &#151; and is likely to again.
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A drought in the Southeastern United States has become so severe that some cities are just months away from running out of water.
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Breaking news in recent years has been swamped with stories of extreme weather -- flash floods in East Asia, prolonged drought in Africa, destructive hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina, heavy monsoon rainfall in South Asia, and an historic heat wave in Europe.
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More than 60 percent of the United States now has abnormally dry or drought conditions, stretching from Georgia to Arizona and across the north through the Dakotas, Minnesota, Montana and Wisconsin, said Mark Svoboda, a climatologist for the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
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The region's booming growth has counterbalanced trouble elsewhere. But the long dry spell is taking a toll.
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By Jim Ellis  HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, Fla. - Tropical Storm Barry weakened into a tropical depression as it moved through Tampa Bay on Saturday, bringing nearly 7 inches of rain to parts of the drought-parched region.
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At least four people were  killed by flash floods in north Texas on Monday and several  were reported to be missing as the waters began to recede and  weather forecasters saw a drying spell ahead.
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Extreme rains, interspersed with droughts, could spell disaster for the country's agriculture-based economy, according to research spanning five decades of data.
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Los Angeles -- Blustery winds, record rainfall and mudslides have blocked highways and shut off power for thousands of homes and businesses in California.
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The response to the worst drought on record in the Southeast has unfolded in ultra-slow motion.
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By Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--HUTCHINSON -- Disaster aid for drought-stricken parts of the state, money challenges to the 2007 farm bill, changes to farm policy, and gaining markets for U.S.
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An intense rainfall has forced evacuations, threatened water supplies and caused expensive flood damage in parts of Britain, which struggled to recover Sunday.
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Snow. Floods. Icy winds. Maybe even a tornado. South Africans are facing one of their harshest winters in years, with at least four deaths blamed on flooding from heavy rain that has caused travel delays in the south and west of the country.
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Streets flooded, hillsides slipped and commuters cursed Friday during powerful rain and snow storms that lashed Southern California.