Besides, we all knew there was a big crisis after the IPCC warned us that the Himalayan glaciers might disappear altogether by the year 2035, leading to flooding of rivers followed by imminent drought and starvation for billions of people.
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Another band of heavy rain has been sweeping across Devon, and the Environment Agency has warned of possibly more flooding around rivers already swollen after weeks of rain.
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According to the government, current estimates show that one in six properties in Wales are at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea and surface water.
"River levels could rise and flood alerts may be issued but the likelihood of flooding from larger rivers is low, " said the agency.
The groups want much more use of moors, marshes and plants to store and clean rain water, instead of allowing it to run straight into rivers and thus increase the risk of flooding.
Record flooding was possible in some places as dozens of rivers overflowed their banks.
Landowners in Somerset are to urge the government to fund the dredging of rivers to avoid long-term flooding in parts of the region.
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Although the weather has improved, the Environment Agency (EA) said there was a possibility of more flooding for the next two days as rivers recede.
To give you some idea of how fast this occurred, the rivers and the flooding were so intense that the Vermont Emergency Operations Center, their state emergency operations center, had to evacuate last night and relocate.
Smaller rivers in Illinois seemed to be causing the worst of the flooding.
It was highlighted that the remote sensing technologies for the prediction of rainfall, the flows in the rivers and to delineate extent flooding are fast progressing.
The plan involves building five dams on two Patagonian rivers, flooding 5, 900 hectares (14, 600 acres) of nature reserves.
Many Americans are still at serious risk of power outages and flooding, which could get worse in the coming days as rivers swell past their banks.
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The San Antonio International Airport by Saturday afternoon had recorded 9.87 inches of rain since midnight, causing nearly all streams and rivers to experience extraordinary flooding.
The clay has the effect of storing rainwater, reducing the impact of flooding, while during dry spells, the water is gradually drained back into the rivers and streams.
It has warned of flooding in places including Gloucester, Oxford, Abingdon and York and raised concerns about slow-responding rivers including the Thames, Trent and Severn.
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