The Environment Agency said Thursday's rain had left rivers "reasonably high".

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"This rain will be falling on saturated ground, the rivers are already very high and any further rain will exacerbate the problem, " he said.

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Environment Agency Wales said rivers are "unseasonably high" following the recent rainfall and emergency services are on alert as Wales could feel the brunt of the first of the autumn storms.

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But on Abilene, information travels through a few hundred extremely large rivers in the form of high-bandwidth applications and complex academic systems.

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There are stark deserts, high peaks, endless sand dunes, broad rivers, and every sort of stunning natural beauty.

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On the second anniversary of the death, several of his son's high-school and Marine friends visited the Rivers house.

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"We are registering very high water levels in the Limpopo and Inkomati rivers that could flood the town, " Ms Almeida said.

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Cockle beds in all parts of the Three Rivers estuary in Carmarthenshire have been closed because of "significantly high" levels of E. coli.

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Proctor, Mr. Rivers has come to know his son the warrior, not just the high-school student.

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The authorities have set up tented camps along the banks of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, but with about 100 million people attending, demand for accommodation is very high.

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Rivers grew up slight, at 5-foot-8, but bulked up in high school and played football in Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham.

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