He said five years ago the sea was washing away 1in (2.5cm) of land every year.
Rain in August caused flooding, washing away tents, preventing food deliveries and flushing raw sewage around some camps.
Bathing is important for removing germs from one's skin as well as washing away odors from sweat and dirt.
In the capital, Apia, homes were flattened and the Vaisigano River burst its banks, washing away cars, trees and other debris.
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In fact, investors were so upset that they brought the company's shares back down to the levels seen in June, essentially washing away the gains made since the market's midyear turnaround.
But he poked fun at the knots in which the government had tied itself, and accused it of washing away the hereditaries without having a clear vision of what would take their place.
Crews had worked late into the night Wednesday at Lilydale Regional Park, washing away soil with fire hoses and bringing in search dogs to look for one of the children who had remained missing overnight.
After like 2 hours, my grandmother came into the bathroom and proceeded to tell me this story about a prince covered in dirt that could only travel via soap bubbles and how he stayed in the bath too long and ended up washing away before he could get the princess.
We published a major multiday series several years ago called Washing Away in which we laid out in very stark and clear and understandable terms what would happen if a hurricane of this magnitude approached New Orleans from a certain angle, as this one did, and pushed the waters of Lake Pontchartrain against the levees.
It is a modest home with a raised bed, a television, a few utensils, a shiny red refrigerator and a washing machine tucked away behind a curtain.
And of all places, they were assigned to help out on Kansas Avenue. (Laughter and applause.) I don't know who set that up. (Laughter.) And while they hauled away washing machines and refrigerators from the debris, they met a woman named Carol Mann, who had just lost the house she lived in for 18 years.
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Posters issued by Birmingham City Council in Sutton Park recommended keeping children and pets away from grazing animals and washing hands, particularly before eating or drinking.
After the lower castes collect as much grain as they can carry away, the benefactors will "purify" the temple by washing it with milk.
She said she was unable to throw away a pizza, left half-eaten by Jay, or put the washing machine on, because it contained one of her son's shirts.
Power-washing the patio is acceptable if motivated by health-and-safety concerns to blast away potentially slippery moss, for example.
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Elsewhere in Turkey, the government has been giving away coal, school textbooks and, as the elections draw near, even fridges and washing-machines to the poor.
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