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The researchers found that the damage has grown worse since 2000 as extreme floods have become more common in many of the planet's main rice-growing regions.

"One of the main things for me is that I don't have the same degree of night terrors I had before," said Shash, who often uses a wheelchair to get around.

On the Grapevine section of the 5 Freeway, severe flooding covered offramps and the main freeway in a few locations.

He invented a safety brake that would keep an elevator securely in place, even if the main cable snapped.

Yet overall consumer spending — the main engine of the economy — has held up well due to a big increase in wealth for upper-income households, thanks to a prolonged bull market.