Towns and villages along the river Ouse in North Yorkshire are particularly at risk, with some homes already flooded.

BBC: UK floods: Disruption threat receding

Senior coalition commanders in Kabul said their troops could push through the villages and farms along the Helmand River in a matter of days.

WSJ: U.S. Starts Afghan Surge

The municipality of Philipstown is composed of a scattering of villages and hamlets along the Hudson River, about fifty miles north of Manhattan in Putnam County.

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