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  • Every river town had a tale to tell of the flood's remarkable destruction.

    Irene causes Vermont's worst flooding in 83 years 2011

  • More significant than the devastation was the flood's aftermath.

    Battling Nature on the River John M. Barry 2011

  • The Silicon Valley company—which Tuesday reported its fiscal second-quarter profit nearly tripled because of flood-caused price increases—estimated the supply of drives could fall 150 million units short of demand this year as suppliers grapple with the flood's aftermath.

    Seagate Preps For Drive Shortages Amid Flooding Don Clark 2012

  • Every river town had a tale to tell of the flood's remarkable destruction.

    Irene causes Vermont's worst flooding in 83 years 2011

  • On CNN a helicopter hovered over a rooftop with the family waving from it, the wind of the copter blade fanning little waves on the flood's surface around the house.

    Reverend Billy: Life in the Water Reverend Billy 2011

  • The party was both earnest (a giant screen in the main hall projected images of the flood's destruction) and festive, with more than 500 people (mostly Americans) determined eat, drink and plunk down lots of money for relief. . .and raffle prizes.

    Aussies rally for flood relief (and that hunky roo rescuer) at embassy fundraiser The Reliable Source 2011

  • Now it's Bangkok's turn, and the problem in Thailand could be much more severe because of the flood's agonizingly slow movement south towards the Gulf of Thailand, worsening the risk of infections such as dengue fever, diarrhea or leptospirosis, a condition caused by contact with rat urine, not to mention drowning and electrocutions.

    Floodwater Leaves Bangkok Awash in Trash James Hookway 2011

  • "We will have a better idea on the flood's effect on the first quarter by mid-November as we are still in talks with our suppliers," said Asustek's Mr. Shen.

    Asian PC Makers Warn of Grim Outlook Lorraine Luk 2011

  • The party was both earnest (a giant screen in the main hall projected images of the flood's destruction) and festive, with more than 500 people (mostly Americans) determined to eat, drink and plunk down lots of money for relief . . . and raffle prizes.

    A swell of good spirits Post 2011

  • "God himself would not be able to figure this out, because I'm about two or three miles from where that bridge is going to be, and boy, you know you've got to be pretty sharp to figure out what that flood's going to do two or three miles upriver."

    Carol Polsgrove: Indiana Farmers Fear a Cost-Cutting Plan to Carry I-69 Across a Floodplain on a Causeway Carol Polsgrove 2010

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