Flood stories:
Safety tests on bridges in Cumbria begin after flood
Nov 22nd, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Work to examine the safety of 1,800 bridges across Cumbria is getting under way after heavy rain and floods weakened some structures.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown ordered the review during a visit on Saturday...Cumbria floods: survey every bridge in the country, say government advisers
Nov 21st, 2009 - Telegraph
The call came as Gordon Brown visited Cumbria to see the damage caused by a flood of 'biblical' proportions and announced that an extra £1 million would be made available to help the affected areas.Cumbria floods: residents braced for more rain over weekend
Nov 20th, 2009 - Telegraph
Pc Bill Barker, a father of four, was swept to his death on the eve of his 45th birthday when a bridge collapsed underneath him as he directed motorists away from the crumbling structure on the River Derwent. The unprecedented deluge...
Yemen Conflict Triggers Flood of Refugees, UN Says
Nov 10th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Fighting in northern Yemen betweengovernment troops and Shiite Muslim rebels has forced thousandsof civilians to flee in recent days, the United Nations said asit called for secure corridors to deliver aid.Corps: Dam work lessens Seattle-area flood chance
Nov 5th, 2009 - AOL News
AUBURN, Wash. -Hurried repairs this summer at the Howard Hanson Dam have lessened the chances the Green River will flood this winter, the Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday.
Flood videos from YouTube:
0:37Brown salutes flood death PC
Gordon Brown has paid tribute to the courage of PC Bill Barker after the officer died in the Cumbria floods. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com
1:35Thirty-one flood warnings in place across UK
Thousands of homes damaged, residents evacuated, schools closed and businesses shut as Britain is battered by storms and rain. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com
3:49Escape The Fate - "The Flood" video
THIS WAR IS OURS, out now on Epitaph
3:30Jars Of Clay - Flood
Jars Of Clay Flood (c) (C) 2005 Provident Label Group
Flood from WikiPedia:
A flood is an overflow or accumulation of an expanse of water that submerges land. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Flooding may result from the volume of water within a body of water, such as a river or lake, which overflows or breaks levees, with the result that some of the water escapes its normal boundaries. While the size of a lake or other body of water will vary with seasonal changes in precipitation and snow melt, it is not a significant flood unless such escapes of water endanger land areas used by man like a village, city or other inhabited area.
Floods can also occur in rivers, when the strength of the river is so high it flows out of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders and causes damage to homes and businesses along such rivers.
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