Every time the trees rustled in the breeze, my ears pricked up at an auditory illusion of a rushing river just around the next bend.

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However, I made up for it later with a wild ATV ride through a rushing mountain river that had washed away our road earlier that morning.

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We hotel guests were luckier, forced only to navigate the paneled hallway and, with the rushing sounds of the river as background, head to a snug lair at the top of the stairs.

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When rain lands on concrete or asphalt, it runs downgrade into a stormdrain, disappears underground, channelling through systems of pipes as it combines with rain from thousands of other stormdrains into an underfoot river, ever rushing toward lower ground.

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At long last, we reached the Wild River, promptly disrobed and sat in the low but rushing stream, letting the cool water wash over us as we filled and sterilized our bottles.

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The inundation in the Far North Region has affected more than 26, 000, officials said Thursday, and in neighboring Nigeria at least 15 deaths are blamed on waters rushing into the country from Cameroon's compromised Lagdo Dam on the Benoue River.

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