Houston, a city in the American state of Texas, will face worsening flooding conditions as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to rain on the city. On Friday, Harvey, the strongest storm to strike Texas in 50 years, came ashore near Corpus Christi, about

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Low-Lying Areas of New York City Suffer Flooding Sounds of sump pumps fill the air in low-lying areas of New York City. Don, a water systems professional in Brooklyn, has been on the job, pumping out basements since before dawn. He says the worst flo

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Families and rescuers searched Sunday for victims of flooding and landslides in southern Colombia. The destruction has killed more than 260 people, Reuters reported. More than 40 children are among the dead, President Juan Manuel Santos has confirmed

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As Pakistan tries to cope with the worst flooding in its history, the country has seen several major suicide bomb attacks in the past few days against minority Shi'ites. The two major attacks, one in Lahore and the other in Quetta, killed more than 1

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Nearly 600,000 West Africans are affected by floods, following three months of rain. The unusually heavy rainy season is expected to continue through the end of September. The latest United Nations assessment of West African flooding says more than

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今天我们要学的词是 flash flooding. Flash flooding 名词,骤发洪水。President Obama declared a major disaster in West Virginia after flash flooding left at least 24 people dead. 西维吉尼亚州骤发洪水造成至少24人丧生,奥

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