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With rainfall totals building after spells of heavy rain through this week, there is the risk of further localised flooding.

From BBC

The proposal, which Hamas negotiators received late night on Monday and are still studying, would immediately end the war and allow aid to flood Gaza, where Israel’s months-long blockade has triggered famine.

It comes a year after Valencia experienced deadly and devastating floods, which claimed the lives of more than 230 people.

From BBC

The flood of aid that had come two years earlier for Paradise never materialized for Berry Creek.

Dozens are missing or injured after the typhoon made landfall on Sunday night, flooding roads, washing away bridges and tearing roofs off buildings before weakening and moving into neighbouring Laos.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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