flood
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Not only is the building within a flood zone, but many residents weren’t paying their HOA fees, leaving the HOA underfunded and potentially unable to pay for structural repairs if there was an emergency.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The flood damage, coupled with a Depression-era unemployed work force, put the river into the hands of federal flood control programs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
As bootleg versions of an experimental drug from Eli Lilly flood the market, regulators are trying to curb supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
In 2023, a glacial lake outburst flood in Sikkim killed at least 70 people and caused widespread damage to roads, bridges and hydropower projects.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
At this memory, another flood of homesickness staggers me.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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"We planned on the 1st September to do this massive restoration project to deal with the previous floods and now we're not going to be able to," Bass said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But on some occasions, he said, he had been told that records run by homes of different religious orders were "destroyed in floods, fires... only for it later to transpire that they have been preserved".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The most important consequence of 1914 floods: the creation of a county flood control district.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
He says extreme floods have risen 134% in recent decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
It wasn’t ash or gases that he advised Rombach to be wary of, but the floods and lahars.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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It is the fourth time Long Mead Local Wildlife Site, at Swinford in Oxfordshire, has been flooded because of a mains failure.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Bachelor” fans flooded the comment section with their guesses, with many writing “FIVERR!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The later study found that water reached elevations of 3.5 meters locally and flooded as far as 150 meters inland.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
But the facility may still face challenges to profitability, the organisation said, including flooded mine shafts and the depletion of higher-grade ore deposits.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Those islands had been hills until the nearby lowlands flooded.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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A garden hose had been overflowing the pool above the hillside for an “unknown amount of time” when it caused the flooding and subsequent collapse, according to the Fire Department’s 5 p.m. update.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Within a year of moving in, he wanted to sell, because multiple issues — from water shutoffs to flooding in common areas — made living there difficult.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The latest flooding was discovered on the day that restoration works were due to start after the last incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Hawaii has seen unusually strong cyclone activity this summer, with Hurricanes Lala and Lowell bringing destructive winds and flooding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Water continued pouring through the gash in the station, flooding the lower compartments.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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