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Pakistan appeals for international assistance after floods

Pakistan has urged the international community to help with relief efforts as it struggles to cope with the aftermath of torrential rains that triggered massive floods last month, killing more than 800 people, officials said.

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‘You can’t control what beavers do or how they do it!’ Could rewilding help England fight droughts?

To their admirers, beavers and their dams can help humans hang on to water when it’s scarce, and prevent flooding when it’s not. Others worry that they spell disaster for farmers. We weigh up the evidence from one lush valley in Devon

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'Anxieties are high': Broke bracing for more rain pain

"With impending rain events anxieties are definitely high here."

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Facebook glitch: users worry they've been 'hacked' as feeds flooded with celeb posts

You're not alone if your Facebook's news feed isn't functioning this morning

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Northern Rivers housing crisis sparks high-rise building debate

With 1,300 people still stuck in emergency accommodation after the region's devastating floods, Lismore's Mayor says 10-storey apartment blocks could be the solution.

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One month later, Kentucky flood evacuees weigh cloudy future

Nearly a month after torrential rainfall brought devastating floods to eastern Kentucky, many victims remain in shelters

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Lismore volunteer warns against plan to equip NSW locals to be first responders in a disaster

Chris Sherring was one of many volunteers in Lismore's Boatie Brigade that saved countless lives when dangerous floodwaters devastated the NSW Northern Rivers. He does not think the community should have to do that again.

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Family of hiker found dead after being swept away in Zion National Park floods share grief at her last moments

Jetal Agnihotri discovered in Virgin River six miles from where she was swept away

The Independent UK

Woman dies after disappearing in Zion National Park flood

An Arizona woman has died after she was swept away during flash flooding four days ago at Utah’s Zion National Park

The Independent UK

A day after North Texas’ record-breaking flood, officials, residents survey the damage

DALLAS — A day after a record-breaking rainstorm, North Texas residents recounted what the flood left in its wake — boxes of keepsakes destroyed, piles of books soiled, businesses closed for cleanup, and never-to-forget tales of fleeing their homes in lifejackets amid waist-deep waters.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declares disaster in 23 counties for latest ‘1,000 year’ storm

DALLAS — Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed a disaster declaration for 23 counties impacted by Monday’s severe flooding, including Dallas County, as the region recovers from what’s been called a “one-in-a-thousand-years” event that flooded roads, submerged cars and left at least one person dead.

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Climate change could push flood damage to $3 billion a year in western US, study says

The University of California, San Diego says the atmospheric river storms that periodically hit the western U.S. could cause as much as $3.2 billion a year in flood damage by the end of the century, a figure three times higher than an estimate the university made in 2019.

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Nearly 6 months on, flood victims are still waiting to be housed. This is what Australia must do to be ready for the next disaster

This year’s floods in South-East Queensland and Northern New South Wales devastated communities. The NSW flooding was on “a scale never seen before”. More than 5,000 homes were left uninhabitable. Many residents had nowhere else to go.

The Conversation

Eight children dead, more missing as flooding destroys Afghan homes

At least eight children were killed in floods that swept away houses in central and eastern Afghanistan this week, the United Nations' children's agency said on Tuesday, adding that more children were missing.

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Eager Beavers Transform Parched Region To Green Wetland

Two and one-half acres of land are seen to be underwater - while the area around it remains tinder-dry.

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GOP's New Orleans flood fund "blackmail"

New Orleans is refusing to prosecute people under Louisiana's new draconian abortion ban

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East Lothian residents found flood risk difficult to accept, council told

The cost of the Musselburgh Flood Protection Scheme currently stands at £42.5million and includes plans for more than 4km of walls and defences along the River Esk which flows through the centre of the town

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New Cumnock £8.97m flood prevention works are behind schedule

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP, Allan Dorans, visited phase two of the scheme to receive an update.

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Madhya Pradesh rain fury: IAF to deploy 2 helicopters for relief ops in flood-hit Vidisha

Schools in some Madhya Pradesh districts including Bhopal and Vidisha remained closed for the second day

Daily Mirror

More than 800 dead from deadly flash floods in two months as 300,000 escape disaster

Flash floods in Pakistan have devastated large areas of a number of its provinces, killing over 800 and displacing 300,000. Experts believe floods may get worse in the future owing to climate change

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan Official: Death Toll From Seasonal Floods Rises to 83

The death toll from flash floods in Sudan since the start of the country’s rainy season has climbed to 83, an official said Tuesday as the downpours continued to inundate villages across the east African nation. Brig. Gen. Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rahim, spokesman for Sudan’s National Council for Civil Defense, said that…

The Guardian - US

Flash floods wreak havoc in US south-west – but are no salve for drought

Climate experts warn temporary increases in water levels will not mitigate a crisis that has been years in the making

The Guardian - AU

Polar blast sweeping across Australia’s east forecast to bring rain, hail and snow

Cold front weather system moving across NSW causes Sydney temperatures to plummet more than 10C in a few hours

Axios

Heavy rains trigger flooding across drought-hit South and Southwest, leaving at least 1 dead

Widespread heavy rain and flooding is expected to persist in the southern U.S. throughout the week.

Tribune News Service

Trinity River in North Texas reaches flood stage in heavy rainfall

DALLAS — As heavy rainfall continues to drench North Texas, the Trinity River in Dallas rose nearly 6 feet over the flood stage Monday, according to data from the National Weather Service.

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