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Several people died, including a baby boy in a family of shepherds who was swept out of his mother's arms by floodwaters.

The first Aswan Dam was built early in the last century to control the floodwaters, which are stored in a reservoir and used for irrigation.

Floodwaters are gradually receding in a few of the worst-hit provinces, where at least 427 people were killed.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported today that floodwaters have turned the center of the Queensland capital into a ghost town.

He felt himself pressing onward with the rushing, boiling flow of the floodwaters as his heart filled with holy pride.

When they finally were forced to flee, they were nearly swept away by floodwaters and had to be rescued by marines on a boat.

In 24 hours, this region received as much rain as it normally gets in a month, and the floodwaters tore through buildings and roads.

7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the River - the king of Assyria with all his pomp.

With floodwaters continuing to rise in parts of Bangkok, some companies are taking steps to limit supply disruptions from natural disasters.

Floodwaters in Pakistan now cover more than a fifth of the country, with the waters not expected to recede until the end of August.

On the same day, floodwaters swept thousands of sealed barrels containing toxic chemicals into the Songhua in Jilin province.

One year, he said, floodwaters were waist-high all the way to Bangkok's 1930s-era Democracy Monument, more than a kilometer inland.

Regardless of your home-preservation instincts and DIY spirit, don't ignore evacuation orders to battle rising floodwaters.

Floodwaters also spread west into Balochistan, causing devastation there, as well.

Emergency workers in Britain are working round the clock to save people trapped by rising floodwaters.

A bridge was torn from the bank by the floodwaters.

North of the Kitakami, floodwaters extend far enough inland to create what looks like a parallel river.

People were trapped in their cars and homes by the rising floodwaters, which reached up to 6ft (2m) deep in places.

And as torrential rain continues to fall over parts of the country, the lower parts see floodwaters rising by the hour.

If floodwaters are supposed to rise a few feet, you might be able to build a levee that's a few feet higher than that.

able. And once floodwaters rose, as had been long predicted, the rescue teams, medical personnel and.

Some said they had been so desperate to quench their thirst they'd resorted to drinking stagnant floodwaters.

Icelandic geologists have long monitored Katla because an eruption might melt the ice and send floodwaters rushing into the valleys below.

Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis fled floodwaters after the Indus River smashed through levees.

Floodwaters formed a giant, arc-shaped lake on what was normally cultivated land.

The light-colored rooftops of residences and other structures contrast sharply with green vegetation and brown, sediment laden floodwaters.

Floodwaters are still rising after this week's heavy downpours across parts of Ohio .

With more than a fifth of the country submerged, millions of spiders climbed into trees to escape the rising floodwaters.

The floodwaters, previously in the north of the country, reached the southern province of Sindh.

In Louisiana, engineers are working to keep floodwaters away from two big cities -- New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Forty-seven guests were stranded at the Premiere Hotel after floodwaters rose and blocked them from getting to dry land.

Floodwaters in some areas may contain industrial waste or other harmful substances.

In Vermont and upstate New York, floodwaters cascaded through towns, bordering rivers and creeks.

Emergency workers are hoping it will block floodwaters from a broken levee south of the town of Winfield.

As floodwaters continue to inundate much of Pakistan, tens of thousands more people are being moved to safety.

Some victims said floodwaters rose so fast in recent days that they barely managed to survive.

Floodwaters that started in Iowa are now moving down the Mississippi River.

A woman wades through floodwaters on a downtown sidewalk May 3, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee.

It acts to make the plant dormant, allowing it to conserve energy until the floodwaters recede.

At its height, the floodwaters could be seen from space, with the Indus spreading more than 20 miles wide at some parts.

Floodwaters typically carry heavy sediment loads, and the Indus River (image upper right) is muddy brown.

Throw away food that has come in contact with floodwaters. Boilwater until authorities declare the water supply safe to drink.

Residents in northwest Ohio are busying mopping up as floodwaters there continue to recede.

People take a look at Mississippi River floodwaters on Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn.

Imagine the shopping district of Singapore under floodwaters.

He described rushing floodwaters up to 20 feet deep in some places.

A snake swims in Mississippi River floodwaters in Holly Grove, Arkansas, on Tuesday.

By early September, the floodwaters west of the Indus had formed a twin river that terminated in Manchhar Lake.

Hemmed in by Mississippi River floodwaters, dozens of deer gather on one of the few dry spots in Posey County's Point Township on May 4.

Kayakers paddle the Mississippi River floodwaters near the base of Beale Street on Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn.

Cattle look for dry land as floodwaters slowly rise near Turner, Arkansas, on Tuesday.

A Coast Guard helicopter pulls a New Orleans resident to safety. Hundreds of people were rescued from the rising floodwaters.

Floodwaters have inundated more than 80 villages along the Puyang river in eastern Zhejiang province, affecting more than 100, 000 people.

Greeting them with the traditional Thai bow, she asked about their experiences in the floodwaters.

In the middle of the country, people who live along the Missouri River are doing what they can to hold off floodwaters.

The floodwaters subsided and the hot sun dried out the wooden building.

There have even been fatalities as people got stuck in the rain or were washed away by the floodwaters.

The dam held the floodwaters. Thieves held the stolen painting for ransom.

Markets might capture and divert floodwaters to Nevada.

Rescue teams have yet to reach several areas even after the rain stopped Sunday and floodwaters started to drop.

To cover with water, especially floodwaters.

An unknown number drowned in the floodwaters or died later of injuries.

People push their belongings through floodwaters during an evacuation from a flooded market in Bangkok October 24, 2011.

The floodwaters at Fort Calhoun are outside the plant. There is no water inside the plant.

Residents lead their pig through floodwaters brought on by Typhoon Ketsana, in Binan Laguna south of Manila September 29, 2009.

Beirut, Lebanon, October 22, 2008--Lebanese men pull their belongings from floodwaters outside their home.

A Pakistani flood survivor wades through floodwaters in Molvi Noor Mohammad village in September 2010.

Rising floodwaters raised the house and carried it away.

Many of the people trapped by the floodwaters of New Orleans were black.

She says contaminated flood of water contaminated floodwaters can cause fatal diseases illnesses, such as diarrhea and cholera.

Floodwaters began receding in some areas of Kentucky.

And after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth.

People can get sick if they eat food touched by floodwaters.

Floodwaters in the giant reservoir rose 4m (13ft) overnight, and are now just 20m below the dam's maximum capacity.

Grand Forks, North Dakota, March 30, 2009--A truck and trailer plow through icy floodwaters on Interstate 29.

Residents wade in floodwaters caused by Typhoon Ketsana in Cainta Rizal east of Manila September 27, 2009.

Floodwaters in the giant reservoir rose 4m (13ft) overnight, and are now just 20m belthe dam's maximum capacity.

A car sits precariously on a bridge after it collapsed due to rising floodwaters in Huaiyuan, in southwest China's Sichuan province

The anticipation of rising floodwaters leads the farmer to move his stock to higher ground

Rescuers wearing life jackets make their way in floodwaters to evacuate survivors

Puget-sur-Argens, France: Cars in floodwaters