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Swollen Rivers Spread Flood Risks Across US -- Even in Drought Areas

Numerous rivers in the Plains, Midwest, Deep South and Northeast are at risk for flooding through the remainder of the week, even in areas suffering from drought and where little rain has fallen recently. The flooding in the Deep South might seem surprising since the region is experiencing a widespread, intense drought....

Flood Threats Growing From Missouri Valley to Northeast

A storm spreading from the middle of the country today to the Northeast this weekend will produce flooding rain along its path, and the threat is expected to increase in the region over the next couple of weeks as the wet weather pattern continues. A host of flood watches, warnings and advisories is in effect from eastern...

Australia's River Restoration Conundrum Highlights Global Water Problem

(Oct. 8) -- Australia's government is facing a tricky political dilemma as it considers a plan that would lower the amount of water used to irrigate farmland in an attempt to restore the nation's rivers. The country's farmers have been suffering for years from record drought, and yet many still doubt that human-induced...

Water Threatened for 80 Percent of World Population

(Sept. 30) -- If rivers are veins that have brought life to civilizations throughout human history, then poison runs in our veins today. That's the finding of a report published today in the science journal Nature that says 80 percent of the world's population -- about 5 billion people -- lives in areas where river...

Chargers 2006 Season Record Prediction

Finishing 9-7 and missing the playoffs last year may have been a blessing in disguise for the Chargers. As a result of coming in third in the AFC West, The Chargers play in the toughest division in football, with three playoff contending teams in it. A split between the Broncos and Chiefs would put them right at 2-2 and if...