Floods that caused massive expanses of land and roads to be submerged under water in September are still having an effect on businesses like Kellogg's. Their largest bakery in Atlanta experienced supply constraints on Eggo products caused by flood damage. Many stores across the US are posting signs about the Eggo shortage to inform customers who are in search of the frozen waffles.
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Did a catastrophic flood of biblical proportions drown the shores of the Black Sea 9,500 years ago, wiping out early Neolithic settlements around its perimeter?
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Flooding on a scale that devastated parts of England last year is set to become a common event across the UK in the next 75 years, new research has shown.
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The most comprehensive geological review ever undertaken of the upper U.S. Gulf Coast suggests that a combination of rising seas and dammed rivers could flood large swaths of wetlands this century in one or more bays from Alabama to Texas.
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With the first wave of clean-up efforts behind them, residents of communities affected by this year’s Midwest floods may find hope in a University of Illinois study on the economic impact of the 1993 flood that devastated much of the same region.
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People living near vulnerable creeks and rivers along Colorado's Front Range may soon get advance notice of potentially deadly floods, thanks to a new forecasting system being tested this summer by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo.
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The Ministry of Land and Resources Wednesday ordered its provincial offices to prepare for possible natural disasters triggered by extreme weather conditions.
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Bristol University is asking people who were caught up in the floods that hit Gloucestershire last year for their accounts of the event. A new initiative – The Gloucestershire Floods Project – aims to record and document their experiences and memories to build a lasting record of how the floods affected those living in the area.
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Recent monsoonal rains and wind have caused serious damage to homes, buildings and crops across East Timor.
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Hundreds of Emerald residents are being allowed to return to their homes today as flood waters begin to recede in the central Queensland township.
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While flooding in California's Central Valley is "the next big disaster waiting to happen," water-related infrastructure issues confront almost every community across the country, according to engineers at the University of Maryland's Clark School of Engineering in separate reports to California officials and in the journal Science.
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Floods in Papua New Guinea have killed 153 people, and dozens more have been declared missing, regional media said on Wednesday.
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