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  • Thousands of soldiers backed up by hundreds of local police, reservists, coast guard officers and civilian volunteers were mobilized for rescue efforts, but they were hampered by the flooded-out roads and lack of electricity.

    Philippines Floods Kill More Than 400 2011

  • The black-and-white photographs in 'Outcast: The Repressed People of Asia' Ajour, 216 pages, $46.95 are haunting: A sewer worker, splashed with excrement,lowers himself underground; women scavenge for food in a vast, open dump; a flooded-out fisherman appears resigned to receiving none of his village's emergency aid due to his low caste.

    Photo-Op: Not a Millionaire in Sight 2011

  • A basketball hoop protruded about 2 feet above the water at a flooded-out court.

    Out-of-control barges on Mississippi hit bridge 2011

  • The liberal group ACORN held a conference call Thursday to announce its outrage over McCain's alleged willingness to flatten the remains of flooded-out New Orleans.

    Hillary Clinton’s Errant Attack on McCain’s Plans For New Orleans - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • What about the 5 million flooded-out people now in India's Andhra Pradesh State?

    Richard Walden: The New New Orleans : The Pacific Rim Disasters Have Ruined Millions of Lives - We Dare Not Ignore Them! 2009

  • Then, about a year after this came out, the egg hadn't even dried on his face when it was discovered that he still held a considerable amount of stock options in Fortress, and that Fortress had foreclosed on 34 New Orleans poor, flooded-out homeowners.

    Edwards: Hillary On Detour Through "Deep Canyon Of Corporate Lobbyists" 2009

  • Considering the Obama administration's paltry proposals on emissions cuts, and the total absence of a U.S. plan to help developing countries meet the massive costs associated with a climate crisis they did not create (ask the residents of flooded-out Manila), it's not surprising that the president might want to avoid what promises to be a angry showdown in Copenhagen.

    Naomi Klein: Copenhagen: Obama Better Go Back 2009

  • Considering the Obama administration's paltry proposals on emissions cuts, and the total absence of a U.S. plan to help developing countries meet the massive costs associated with a climate crisis they did not create (ask the residents of flooded-out Manila), it's not surprising that the president might want to avoid what promises to be a angry showdown in

    Copenhagen: Obama Better Go Back 2009

  • Then, about a year after this came out, the egg hadn't even dried on his face when it was discovered that he still held a considerable amount of stock options in Fortress, and that Fortress had foreclosed on 34 New Orleans poor, flooded-out homeowners.

    Edwards Faulting Clintons As Part Of Corrupt D.C. Status Quo? 2009

  • One Algiers Point vigilante claimed to fear that they would come for his elderly mother, but most of the flooded-out evacuees were looking for food, water, information about family members, and a way out of the wreckage.

    Rebecca Solnit: The Grinning Skull 2009

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