On Saturday, muddy floodwaters stood several feet deep in the countryside surrounding the metro area.
The crushing floodwaters killed at least twelve hundred people, some right here on these streets.
The floodwaters can force patients to leave their pills behind, or make them contaminated and unusable.
The floodwaters contained all sorts of animals as well -- snails, snakes, Lim said.
New York City Opera's archives and musical scores were damaged by floodwaters in basement storage.
United States, the court upheld a casualty loss where a home was damaged by floodwaters.
Investigators chalked up the immediate cause to floodwaters that damaged the line and left it exposed.
"The floodwaters need to recede 3 feet before they can go back, " he said.
Both the Tessitores and the Heberts had been trapped by rising floodwaters during the hurricane.
That wall of water could send floodwaters surging into Houston, more than 20 miles inland.
"Some people refused to leave their homes so they are living in floodwaters, " he said.
Asked what he will do while the floodwaters retreat, Hayes replied with a ready joke.
The greatest concern had to do with people getting too close to fast-moving, deceptive and unpredictable floodwaters.
Floodwaters inundate parts of T hailand in 2011, knocking out factories supplying automakers like Honda and Ford.
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He said that the 12-foot wall protecting their high-voltage wires was two feet short of the floodwaters.
In Hoboken, New Jersey, some 20, 000 people are still trapped in their homes as floodwaters slowly recede.
Now, they are frantically preparing to move out -- heading to Jake's sister's house until the floodwaters recede.
The corrosion from brackish floodwaters ruined hundreds of pieces of vital equipment, including electromechanical relays, motors and switches.
Floodwaters are subsiding in some areas but some rivers are reported to be still rising rapidly in Amazonas state.
Floodwaters from the east would carry toxic waste from the "Industrial Canal" area, nicknamed after the chemical plants there.
Two sets for the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, currently shooting in Prague, were reported damaged by floodwaters.
The passer-by dived into the floodwaters twice and dragged him out of the water but could not revive him.
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The floodwaters likely brought a bonanza of garbage for vermin to feast on in the underground tunnels, Leirs said.
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In some parts of Mindanao, people took to gold panning as floodwaters swept a mining area in Mawab town.
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Floodwaters filled the South Ferry subway station to the ceiling, Mr. Lhota said.
Although the floodwaters are now receding, some plants may take months to clean up and bring back to full production.
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Some greeted the cresting floodwaters -- which have damaged hundreds of homes and displaced 2, 000 Vicksburg residents -- with relief.
In the great Mississippi flood of 1993, floodwaters washed over Valmeyer, causing substantial damage to 90% of the town's properties.
When Superstorm Sandy hit the city last October, floodwaters washing over the East Side did not penetrate subway construction sites.
In South Africa, floodwaters claimed several lives and left hundreds stranded after the Limpopo river burst its banks on Monday.
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