ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Texas officials estimate that Harvey flooded nearly 50,000 homes in the state. That number could grow, and most of those homeowners don't have flood insurance. Those who do will soon be filing claims. The insurance industry is gett

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By Greg Flakus Houston 02 July 2007 Flooded streets in Gainesville, Texas, 18 Jun 2007 More than two weeks of heavy rains have produced floods in a large area of the central United States. From central Texas to Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, rivers h

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 December 2006 U.N. aid agencies are stepping up humanitarian assistance to three flood-stricken countries in the Horn of Africa. The agencies are warning the risk of epidemics breaking out in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia is

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 22 January 2007 watch Somalia Flooding Somalia's interim government says it is in control of Somalia now that the Islamic Courts Union has abandoned key posts across the country. That should have been good news to Un

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By Greg Flakus Council Bluffs, Iowa 20 June 2008 Surging water is moving down the Mississippi river devastating towns and farmland along the way. The river has topped close to a dozen levees flooding towns in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri and resident

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South Sudan's Aid Workers Concerned About Flood of Sudanese Refugees At a watering point in Yusuf Batil camp in South Sudan, some of the 35,000 residents make the daily trek to fill jerry cans for washing, cooking and cleaning. To get about half the

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Cherise: Well, that was a rude awakening at 2:00 in the morning! Don: At least we got out of our room before it flooded. It serves us right for planning a vacation here during the rainy season. Our luggage is probably soaked. Cherise: Oh, no, Id forg

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 October 2009 North and South Korea have agreed to hold talks on managing shared waterways and arranging more reunions between families separated by the 1950s war. The move toward dialogue comes despite a series of short-range

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