Forecasters have also warned of the risk of "localised surface water flooding and possible disruption to travel" in the worst hit areas.
Plymouth City Council said it had crews out clearing drains and dealing with surface water flooding after a large number of calls from people across the city.
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The MTA took extensive measures before the storm to limit the amount of water flooding into tunnels, including by boarding up ventilation grates in low-lying stations, piling sandbags at station entrances, inflating a rubber dam in the Long Island Rail Road's West Side yards in Manhattan and hastily erecting a floodwall across the mouth of the No. 3 train tunnel near East 148th Street in Harlem.
An operation to prevent water from flooding a hospital has been successful, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said.
Residents said they were concerned that problems were caused by surface water and river flooding.
They found some of the sites under construction almost completely surrounded by water from the flooding that has followed two days of persistent rain.
When Sandy hit, water rushed in from the bay and a network of water channels, flooding hundreds of homes south of the Belt Parkway.
Sharp water-course rising and flooding are among the main threats of water-produced disasters in the Region of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Nationwide, 250, 000 water lines burst a year, or about one every two minutes, flooding and closing streets, interrupting water service, and requiring residents to boil water for safety, wrote New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg in a special series on water issues.
Embankments were built around Banbury to disperse water into a floodplain after flooding in 2007.
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Rain and thawing snow could cause localised flooding and surface water on roads and fields, it said.
In a statement into the cause of the flooding, Yorkshire Water said it was sorry for the damage to people's homes.
They included disruption to operations from drought or flooding, declining water quality that required costly on-site pretreatment, increases in water prices, and fines and litigation relating to pollution incidents.
Mississippi River flooding wasn't as pronounced as its water level varies greatly but is typically highest in the spring, so minor flooding is not uncommon.
Television footage showed shattered windows in a nearby building and flooding from a burst water pipe.
The water table rose several years ago completely flooding the island and the incoming saltwater killed off the trees.
It concluded it would lead to an increase in flooding, and would endanger water quality and public health.
About 1 billion people are still without access to a decent water supply, while others suffer from flooding, pollution and poor sanitation.
In Brisbane, which was paralysed by flooding two years ago, water has been creeping into low-lying parts of the central business district.
Newcastle City Council has warned the one to the north "is full of water, could overflow and cause more flooding if rain is heavy".
"This could lead to the possibility of excess water on road surfaces on Friday and flooding from blocked drains and small streams, " said the agency.
It is hoped this will prevent greater flooding in winter and maintain water levels during the summer as the peat continues to slowly release water during the hotter months.
It had earlier said that drivers forcing their way through water were putting homes at risk of flooding caused by the wake left behind the vehicle.
Environment Agency Wales said the rain "could lead to the possibility of excess water on road surfaces on Friday and flooding from blocked drains and small streams".
The cause of this cold lurch was seemingly settled some time ago when Wallace Broecker, a Columbia University geochemist, suggested that a North American ice sheet collapsed, flooding the Atlantic with fresh water, which interrupted the normal circulation of the Gulf Stream.
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Crews have been pumping out surface water overnight in four areas to prevent further flooding.
Faced with flooding, rescue teams are using water pumps and divers to look for bodies and survivors.
This will bring other problems such as salinisation of water and soils, degradation of ecosystems and flooding.
And officials are discussing what action to take due to concerns about the risk of flooding from a large pool of water surrounding the wider area which is not draining away.
If the project is successful, as a pilot has been, it will also establish the use of an internet-based management system, mitigate losses from flooding and increase the supply of water to industry.
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