Government leaders knew they had to do something to prevent such floods in the future.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

Others have as well, perhaps because of the big floods.

许多人也都同样指出过,也许是因为他们担心会有洪水

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It was broadcast from the Ryman Auditorium which was not damaged by the floods.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

But there was the danger not just of attacks but also floods,fires,winds and storms.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

She directed the aid efforts for victims of floods in Johnstown,Pennsylvania and Galveston,Texas.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

Floods,storms and other natural events kill thousands of people every year.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

Water from floods may contain animal and human waste.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

Floods,droughts,pollution and climate change have created even more problems.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

UN aid agencies say this year's flooding across West Africa may match the severity of the floods that occurred in 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

The event is raising money to help victims of the Victorian bushfires and of severe floods further north in Queensland.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

This survivor lost at least two relatives in the floods and has two brothers and two other family members still missing.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

But Burkina Faso is not the only West African country struggling with the ravaging affects of the floods.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

But what happens when hospitals have been washed away by floods or turned to rubble in an earthquake?

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

They must be able to respond to a world that is likely to experience more extreme weather events, such as floods and hurricanes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Scientists warn climate change will lead to rising sea levels, more devastating floods and hurricanes, longer lasting droughts and other extreme weather phenomena.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

You have floods in the corridor. Sixty children who were in this hospital have been evacuated.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

They say the effects of more storms, floods,droughts and heat waves will be abrupt and profound.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

Indonesia often suffers from deadly floods and landslides made worse by poor infrastructure and planning.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

Studies say rising temperatures will melt glaciers on the high Himalayas, cause devastating floods,heatwaves, and make monsoon rains more erratic, resulting in smaller farm yields.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

"We're talking about farmers who are losing their crops; we're talking about people who are having to learn to live with more frequent drought and floods.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

She notes the Mauritanian border town of Rosso, on the banks of the Senegal River, also has been lashed by heavy rains and devastated by floods.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

South Korea says it is accelerating a project to build its own dams near the North Korean border to prevent surprise floods like this in the future.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

She says 25 people died from the bad weather and from the floods.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

Seven people died in mudslides and floods in Sierra Leone last month.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

Indonesia often suffers from deadly floods and landslides during the rainy season.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Some climate scientists think the Australian continent is particularly susceptible to a shifting climate and predict a greater incidence of droughts, floods and storms as the Earth warms.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Roger Johnson says the science is convincing. And he doesn't think a climate change bill would hurt farmers nearly as much as climate change will, through droughts,floods and other extreme weather.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

On the the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, this warming planet we live on is posing serious new challenges to human civilization: increasingly severe droughts, floods,and storms across the globe, and slowly rising ocean levels.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

A long-standing drought, along with recent devastating bushfires and widespread floods have given some scientists more reason to think that the vast continent is likely to be one of the countries hardest hit by a shifting climate.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03