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Lawmakers could use $5 billion of a record surplus for raises, flood prevention and border operations

Budget proposals would boost state spending for the current budget cycle for projects ranging from mental health hospitals to state pay raises. This would leave $27 billion in surplus for the next two years.

The Texas Tribune

'Chaos' in Beeston as 'severe' water pipe incident caused flooding

Many were seen cleaning their homes after the ordeal which was said to be caused by pipes 'damaged by a third party'

Nottingham Post

Rural communities want to tap federal funding. But it's hard to know where to start

The USDA has hired people to help small communities tap the complex web of programs for money they need to address big problems. But that help is only available in select areas.

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Severn Trent statement as clean-up operation begins after 'severe' water pipe incident

Severn Trent said one of its pipes was damaged by "third party contractors on a construction site building new student accommodation" near High Road, Chilwell, early on Tuesday afternoon (March 7).

Nottingham Post

Nottingham tram network partially closed after damaged water pipe forced people to leave homes

Severn Trent said one of its pipes was "damaged by a third party" near High Road, Chilwell early on Tuesday afternoon (March 7), which led to a large amount of water bursting onto nearby streets and homes for hours.

Nottingham Post

School bus swept into river near Batchelor, south of Darwin, three students rescued

Northern Territory Police are investigating the circumstances that led to a school bus being swept off a flooded causeway in the Top End yesterday.

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Nation's waterlogged north faces renewed flood threat

Northern Queensland and NT communities are bracing for more rainfall, with some regions still cut off after months.

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Chief Minister Natasha Fyles defends NT government decision to rebuild homes on floodplain in Pigeon Hole

Natasha Fyles has defended the construction of new homes for the remote community of Pigeon Hole in a known flood zone, saying the location was decided after consultation with residents.

ABC News

Rising flood water in north-west Queensland causing logistical nightmare for emergency services

Supplies are being flown, trucked and shipped thousands of kilometres across the state to remote communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria isolated by flood. But as waters continue to rise, operations are becoming more complicated.

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Texas, feds settle probe over $9B Houston highway project

Federal authorities have announced they are lifting their hold of a more than $9 billion Houston area highway-widening project that has come under intense criticism from residents and activists who have argued the proposal would cause lasting economic and environmental damage to their communities

The Independent UK

Long-term economic efforts of South Australian River Murray flooding still being calculated

River Murray floodwaters wiped out Peter Singh's Renmark vineyard late last year — and now he is faced with the difficult question of what to do next: rebuild or sell?

ABC News

Beeston residents' shock as homes evacuated after 'damaged' water pipe floods town

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed ten properties had been flooded and the majority of these had also been evacuated

Nottingham Post

Beeston water main burst leaves multiple homes flooded with residents evacuated

Emergency services and Severn Trent are at the scene.

Nottingham Post

Beeston water burst leaves homes flooded as 'stones also thrown into the air'

A number of roads are flooded

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New maps show areas of UK most at risk of flood damage after experts' grim warning

Researchers have revealed that annual damage caused by flooding could increase by more than a fifth over the next century and can only be avoided if countries stick to their Net Zero promises

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Month-long wait expected for some residents evacuated from flood-affected NT remote communities

Authorities say it is likely to be at least a month before residents from two flooded remote communities are able to return to home, as heavy rain and rising rivers isolate more communities and threaten food supplies.

The Independent UK

5th body found in Malaysia floods; over 40,000 displaced

Malaysian police have found the body of a young woman trapped in a car that was swept away by rushing waters, the fifth death of seasonal floods that have also forced more than 43,000 people to flee their homes

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The red and yellow sticker dilemma – how do we balance safety with the desire to return home after a disaster?

Just over a month after the Auckland flood, and three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle hitting the North Island, the scale of the disasters and the rebuild is clear – as is a sense of being in limbo for those worst affected.

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NT government ignored pleas to relocate Pigeon Hole from floodplain, mayor says

Letters show the mayor of a region devastated by floodwaters had warned the Northern Territory government about the dangers of building new homes near a river bank.

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Scenic Hotel and council trade fresh blows

As the North Island reels from last month’s floods, a South Island council and hotel owner are at loggerheads over a deluge seven years ago.

Daily Record

Dumfries record shop finally reopens following December floods

Rab Smith lost £120,000 of stock but has been very busy since reopening

Al Jazeera

Thousands forced from their homes amid southern Malaysia floods

Some cleanup efforts have begun but forecasters warn more rain is on the way.

AAP

Evacuation 'messy' during deadly Tasmania floods

An inquest examining deadly flooding in Tasmania in 2016 has been told the evacuation of one town was messy and rushed because of a lack of preparation.

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Flooding in remote NT cuts off rail line and roads, limiting food supplies in WA's Kimberley and sparking freight concerns

Severe flooding is threatening fresh food supplies for people living in Australia's north, with rising floodwaters cutting key road and rail links over the weekend.

The New Daily

Heavy monsoon season drenches northern Australia

Far north Queensland residents are on flood watch as monsoon rains deluge northern parts of the country.

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