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Torrential storms batter South Florida, close key airport

Nearly a foot of rain fell in a matter of hours in Fort Lauderdale – causing widespread flooding, the closure of the city’s airport and the suspension of high-speed commuter rail service for the Broward County region

The Independent UK

Where will California’s record snowpack melt into floods? It’s complicated

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After months of heavy rain across California and record snow in the southern Sierra Nevada, state officials warn that melting snow could turn into flooding as the state’s skies turn sunnier this spring and summer.

Tribune News Service

Dad used contacts in Colombia to flood UK with tens of millions of pounds of drugs

The cocaine importer and his business partner were armed with grenades and had "lads who blow any c***'s head off"

Manchester Evening News

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The government needs to get involved in disaster insurance to protect more Australians, says this expert

Disaster insurance is likely to become less accessible in the future. One economist says the solution could be government intervention.

ABC News

Woman's dad moved car after discovering stalker sleeping on her driveway

Robert Garner stuck a hosepipe through the letterbox of his ex-girlfriend's home

Liverpool Echo

No one expected 31 atmospheric rivers storms to hit California. The mystery remains why?

LOS ANGELES — As winter approached, few anticipated what was about to hit California.

Los Angeles Times

Promised flood grants still afloat in Victoria

The Victorian government has assured flood-affected businesses a grants program remains open after questions were raised about its availability and eligibility.

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Spring Flooding To Ramp Up Over North-central US

Surging temperatures, combined with a surplus of snow from over the winter, will cause the spring flood season to ramp up

Zenger

More cars left submerged as heavy rain causes road beneath bridge in Levenshulme to flood AGAIN

The road is a known flooding hotspot, falling victim to heavy rainfall numerous times over the past few years

Manchester Evening News

Super-rich abandoning Norway at record rate as wealth tax rises slightly

Flood moving abroad has come as a shock and is costing tens of millions in lost tax receipts

The Guardian - UK

‘A scary scene’: Auckland, still recovering from deadly flooding, hit by tornado

Residents of New Zealand’s largest city say people are ‘heartbroken’ at fresh damage wreaked by storm

The Guardian - AU

Florida abortion clinics monitored, fined — and struggling to stay open

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As pregnant women flood into Florida abortion clinics, trying to get a procedure before they reach 15 weeks, the clinics are struggling with new regulations, increased state inspections, and in some cases hefty fines that threaten their businesses.

Tribune News Service

Officials in flood-prone counties use several strategies to reduce damage to people, property

Flooding is something Kentuckians have become very familiar with the last few years. With about 40 miles of land along the Kentucky River, Woodford County has a lot to deal with when the river rises.

WEKU

Kym Marsh flooded with compliments as she shows off sensational figure in gym workout and says 'I'm getting old'

Former Coronation Street star Kym looked completely focused as she worked up a sweat before getting back to 'business'

Manchester Evening News

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Uninsured flood victims in Greater Shepparton offered caravans close to home

Residents rebuilding their flood-ravaged northern Victorian homes will be able to put government-funded caravans or modular houses on their properties until they get the job done.

Zenger

Flash Flooding Remains An Ongoing Concern In Southern US

It will rain in the lower Mississippi and Tennessee valleys, flooding areas where there has already been enough rain.

PC Gamer

In this 'inverse city builder' the island you're building on is slowly shrinking

In Flooded, the ocean is steadily rising, and you need to harvest the shrinking island's resources before it's completely swallowed.

Fortune

Blue badge rage: Creators are up in arms about pay-to-play verification

Giving the vaunted blue badge to anyone willing to pay a monthly fee devalues creators' hard work and will unleash a flood of bad behavior, numerous creators say.

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Hundreds of books destroyed at Chapters Bookstore after flood

Staff at Chapters Bookstore on Parnell Street had a nasty surprise yesterday morning when they discovered the entire front of the store was flooded by a leak from the upper floor

Tribune News Service

First state law to criminalize abortion ‘trafficking’ may inspire others

Amid a flood of residents fleeing states that ban abortions to seek legal procedures or medication elsewhere, Idaho has become the first state to try to stem that exodus — at least for minors.

The Guardian - UK

Mr Pook’s Kitchen, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway: ‘Happiness is moments such as these’ – restaurant review

A peculiar sensation began to flood through my body, one I’ve not experienced for a long time: I was full.

Wales Online

More than 130 flats and houses approved for Llandough site despite flooding concerns

A local councillor said he and residents had 'serious' concerns about the application, but another councillor said there was a growing need for housing in the county

The Conversation

New research shows how rapidly ice sheets can retreat -- and what it could mean for Antarctic melting

The Antarctic Ice Sheet, which covers an area greater than the US and Mexico combined, holds enough water to raise global sea level by more than 57 metres if melted completely. This would flood hundreds of cities worldwide. And evidence suggests it is melting fast. Satellite observations have revealed that…

Los Angeles Times

Acres of LA County sewage sludge threaten to contaminate Tulare Lake floodwaters

KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif. — Here at the western edge of the Tulare Lake Basin dwells a smelly industrial site the size of 150 football fields. Roughly eight times a day, its operations are replenished with a truckload of human waste from the residents of Los Angeles County.

ABC News

NT government issues urgent call-for public service staff to help at Howard Springs flood evacuation centre

With hundreds of remote community residents still housed at the Howard Springs evacuation centre near Darwin, the government is calling for support from public servants to reduce the strain on staff.

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