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Bangladesh has always had to face up to the devastating flood waters of the great Himalayan rivers, the Ganges and Brahmaputra. During the summer monsoon it ...
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Towpath
Mail April 23 - Neglect imperils 'a treasure' C&O Canal: National park suffers from unrepaired flood damage and other ills, including a huge budget deficit - Baltimore Sun April 19 - Hikers assemble ... , a massive flood caused the Canal Company to go into receivership to its rival, the B & O Railroad. The railroad operated the Canal for several decades until another devastating flood in 1924 at ...
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Flood Forecast Mapping, Tar River Basin, North Carolina
North Carolina history. Other Site Features Operational Flood Inundation Maps Visit the Southeast River Forecast Center to view flood inundation maps, produced for potential or actual flood ...
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Hyde County, and a contract is close to completion for the design of a large flood control dam in the Deep Creek Project in Yadkin County. Mr. Harrell reported that a ... this project. She stated that on September 18-19, 2003, Watauga County experienced a devastating flood. During this flood, the farm for NCACSP Contract CS-95-2003-04-14 received a large amount ...
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Friends of the Earth: Briefing: GOING UNDER? -
Sea level rise threatens to flood low lying land, accelerate coastal erosion, and encourage saltwater intrusion ... surges, which combined with sea level rise could result in devastating floods. No one knows how much stormier conditions could get ... issue never far from people's minds. In 1953 a devastating flood shocked the nation and, in particular, the east coast, where ...
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Canal Chronology and Statistics
Cumberland. Decision made not to go farther west. 1877 - Boatmen's strike and devastating flood 1889 - Major devastating flood causing Canal to go into receivership to B abd O Railroad 1892 - ... dedicated to Justice Douglas November, 1985 - Another very destructive flood, with repairs taking over a year. January 19-20, 1996 - Devastating flood. Statistics General width of canal at towpath level: ...
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IELRC.ORG - Environment & Conflict Linkages: an Overview
Trigger: Spark off & escalate violent conflict e.g.severe drought, a devastating flood or a volcanic eruption Sustainer: Aggravate, perpetuate conflict, spoil opportunities for peace, undermine possibilities for ...
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Nisqually Land Trust - Protected Lands
After a devastating flood in 1996, Pierce County acquired several damaged homes, and, following demolition, gave this acreage to ...
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Connecting people with wild places and wild creatures, Martha Marks
Sherry Boehlert, Chris Shays, Connie Morella, my own congressman John ... of our Congressional dike, doing their best to hold back a flood of anti-environmental legislation since Newt Gingrich and Company took ... that are supposed to be protected often aren’t. It’s devastating to see the places and things you love destroyed and ...
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History of Dutch river flood defences
Dutch river region and spillways, channels and ... will flow anyway over the dike and weaken it, with more devastating consequences because of the increase in the hydrostatic pressure, making ... on low hills to lift them above the flood plain. After the near flood catastrophe of 1995 a beginning was made in ...
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