Hundreds of properties were damaged when the River Don flooded in 2007.
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He said a bridge has been damaged and a tree washed down the river.
Washington- financed projects rebuilt damaged irrigation systems and tamed the Pecos River.
He said a section of the quay, along the River Colne, had been damaged by the unusually high water levels and as a result was being quickly eroded by each turning tide.
Sitting in the control tower on a recent weekday, Ron Anderson, the dispatcher, and Pete Falotico, the tower operator, pointed to a screen that showed blinking, malfunctioning symbols indicating where damaged signals in the station and the river tunnels were slowly sputtering back to life a few more after each overnight shift of repair work.
Certain sewage-treatment plants were damaged, and untreated sewage flowed into the river and then into Narragansett Bay, forcing a ban on shellfish-fishing throughout the state.
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Homes in Pearl River County in central Mississippi were damaged when a storm passed through Tuesday afternoon, the director of the county's emergency management department said.
Lynda Fricchione's flood-damaged home in the Ortley Beach section of Toms River, N.
Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms and flooding in the counties of Beadle, Brule, Clay, Fall River, Hand, Jerauld, Lincoln, Miner, Minnehaha, Sanborn, Turner, and Union.
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