Flooding

Los Angeles Braces for Drenching Storms, Potential Flooding

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California is set to be drenched in coming days as heavy rain and snowstorms uncoil off the Pacific Ocean, potentially bringing Los Angeles a month’s worth of rain and prompting evacuation warnings in areas burned by last January’s fires. The first round of rain will arrive starting Thursday and continue through Saturday, said Bob Oravec,

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Heavy Rain Causes Flooding, Landslides and Deaths in Vietnam and Thailand

Heavy Rain Causes Flooding, Landslides and Deaths in Vietnam and Thailand

Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides Wednesday in parts of Southeast Asia, where at least eight deaths were reported in the aftermath of a tropical storm. Flooding occurred in several northern and central provinces of Vietnam, where seven people died, one was missing and 34 were injured, state media reported. Nearly 20 centimeters (8 inches)

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A Texas Congressman is Quietly Helping Elon Musk Pitch Building $760M Tunnels Under Houston to Ease Flooding

How Hurricanes, Fires and Floods Put Drugs and Medical Supplies at Risk

The devastating flooding in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 killed dozens of people, inundated hundreds of thousands of homes and left the community desperate for a solution. Since then, local flood experts have extensively studied the possibility of a multibillion-dollar tunnel system across Harris County. Studies have focused on the construction of pipelines,

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