Heavy siltation reduced them to a trickle in summer and often caused flooding in winter.
Rain in August caused flooding, washing away tents, preventing food deliveries and flushing raw sewage around some camps.
The storm caused flooding in parts of downtown Wichita, and McConnell Air Force Base also sustained damage, authorities said.
Part of the Trent and Mersey Canal breached at Dutton, near Preston Brook, after rain caused flooding last week.
So if a hurricane has caused flooding in Tennessee, governors normally request a Stafford Act declaration to cover damages.
Last weekend a combination of heavy seas, tidal forces and winds caused flooding and damage on the North Sea coast from Shetland to East Lothian.
Heavy rainfall in the middle of the month has already caused flooding in parts of the Bearn region, inland of Biarritz, and the French meteorological agency has issued flood warnings for the whole area in the upcoming days.
Heavy rain has also caused surface flooding in parts of Devon, including the A396 between Bickleigh and Rewe.
Months of heavy monsoon rain has caused major flooding in Thailand and parts of neighbouring Vietnam and Cambodia too.
Firefighters were called to Holme Upon Spalding Moor where the rapid snow thaw caused localised flooding on Market Weighton Road.
Heavy rainfall in the summer of 2007 caused widespread flooding across England and Wales making it the wettest summer on record.
Seagate said that, due to industry impacts caused by flooding in Thailand, hard disk drive supply will be constrained for several quarters.
In Colombia months of heavy rain have caused widespread flooding, killing at least 312 people in the worst natural disaster in the country's history.
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Hanna caused massive flooding in Haiti when it pummeled the Caribbean nation earlier this week, killing 137 people, a government official said Thursday.
Vice president John Miksad said it was caused by flooding or flying debris, and he added it could take a week to restore power completely.
Many scientists and environmental groups argue that the storms which caused the flooding are the first signs of climate change brought on by global warming.
The city's Consolidated Edison utility provider said an explosion at a sub-station, probably caused by flooding or flying debris, blacked out much of Lower Manhattan.
Arriva Trains Wales said it also put on a bus service and advised passengers to "only make essential journeys due to the severe disruption caused by flooding".
"Staff worked through the night to tackle the problem but unfortunately the sheer scale of the storm caused localised flooding in low lying parts of central Dundee, " he said.
The ferocious seasonal rains that hit the country in October 2011 caused massive flooding which disrupted the production of hard disk drives, cameras, microchips and automotive parts and assembly plants.
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Officials raised existing levees in response to the flooding caused by Hurricane Betsy in 1965.
The cold snap was followed by widespread flooding caused by melting snow and heavy rain.
Officials said the storm caused only minor flooding and power cuts on the US mainland.
Over the weekend numerous roads across the island were closed due to flooding caused by heavy rain and melting snow.
Local councillor Wyn Evans told the BBC melting snow and torrential rain had caused "severe flooding and destruction" in the area.
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The A34 at Stone has been closed three times in the past two months because of flooding caused by heavy rain.
It had earlier said that drivers forcing their way through water were putting homes at risk of flooding caused by the wake left behind the vehicle.
The destructive flooding caused by the storm Sandy, which struck the U.S. East Coast in late October, revived anxieties about rising ocean levels in heavily populated coastal regions.
Flooding caused problems across the county with some roads closed.
Massive flooding caused "serious problems" in Lower Manhattan, Verizon said.
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