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The 16,000 people who reside in lower Xai-Xai had fled to higher ground after the government issued a warning another floodwave was on its way, after heavy floods in February, Gaza provincial governor Eugenio Numaio told AFP.
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Flood-battered Mozambique appealed Wednesday for an extra 100 million dollars in emergency aid as officials warned of a new floodwave hurtling down the mighty Limpopo River.
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Aid agencies were cautious Wednesday about the possible impact of the new floodwave, saying they had not yet been able to establish its severity.
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Numaio warned that a new floodwave was heading down the Limpopo towards Xai-Xai and "the situation could worsen further".
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A floodwave roaring down the Limpopo River from South Africa hit
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He bellowed with fear and anger, and lurched, trying to paw the ground; lamed in a foreleg by the floodwave that had swept him from his broken pen.
The Bull From The Sea Renault, Mary 1962
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Triggered by days of rain and a minor floodwave on the Danube, inland waters have inundated thousands of hectares of land in northwest Hungary and near the southwestern tip of Lake Balaton, jeopardizing the Budapest-Nagykanizsa rail track and motorway M7 connecting Budapest and Zagreb, regional water management authorities told MTI on Sunday.
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Budapest, March 8 (MTI) - Triggered by days of rain and a minor floodwave on the Danube, inland waters have inundated thousands of hectares of land in northwest Hungary and near the southwestern tip of Lake Balaton, jeopardising the Budapest-Nagykanizsa rail track and motorway M7 connecting Budapest and Zagreb, regional water management authorities told MTI on Sunday.
Budapest Times 2009
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