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- People use small boats to travel through flood water in Lismore, Australia, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Heavy rain is bringing record flooding to some east coast areas and claimed seven lives while the flooding in Brisbane, a population of 2.6 million, and its surrounds is the worst since 2011 when the city was inundated by what was described as a once-in-a-century event. (Jason O'Brien/AAP Image via AP)
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Major floods swamp Australia's east coast, claiming 8 lives
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sun,02/27/22-7:13PM , 146 Reads
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Parts of Australia’s third-most populous city Brisbane were under water Monday after heavy rain brought record flooding to some east coast areas and killed eight people.
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- A car is destroyed by a fallen tree after a storm in Schwerin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. A series of storms have hit northern Europe in recent days.( Jens Buettner/dpa via AP)
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Northern Europe battered by 3rd major storm; deaths hit 14
By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press
Mon,02/21/22-8:21AM , 625 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Northern Europe has been battered by its third major storm in five days, with heavy rains and high winds killing at least two more people, disrupting travel and prompting hundreds of flood alerts across a region still recovering from last week’s hurricane-force winds.
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- A vehicle crosses a bridge on Interstate 40 that goes over the Little Colorado River in Winslow, Arizona, on Feb. 4, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently announced a flood control project in the city would receive $65 million in funding. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)
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White House spending targets social justice; criteria vague
By FELICIA FONSECA AND MICHAEL PHILLIS - Associated Press
Sat,02/19/22-10:19AM , 159 Reads
WINSLOW, Ariz. (AP) — This once-bustling city in northern Arizona has a troubled relationship with rain. Winslow needs it, but just a little can overwhelm a levee system that officials have pleaded with the federal government for years to fix.
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- A resident yells during the search for survivors after fatal mudslides in Petropolis, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Death toll rises to 78 from mudslides after storm in Brazil
By DIARLEI RODRIGUES AND DAVID BILLER - Associated Press
Tue,02/15/22-11:03PM , 84 Reads
PETROPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state has reached 78, Gov. Claudio Castro said Wednesday afternoon.
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