Tofteland held the farm together after his father was killed, survived drought and the great flood of 1993.

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When integration has been encouraged, as with the descendants of the great flood of European immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ethnic distinctions have vanished.

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Mr Bosley also took some blame, perhaps unfairly, for the city's response to the Great Flood of 1993, which inundated the white suburbs shortly after he took office.

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His great-grandmother was in Krotz Springs for the great flood of 1927, which inundated 165 million acres, killed 246 people and left another 600, 000 homeless throughout the Mississippi River system, according to a National Weather Service report.

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The drafting of the World Heritage Convention was inspired by the international synergy of this great project as well as subsequent UNESCO campaigns during the 1960s to conserve treasures such as the city of Venice, Italy, after the great flood of 1966, the threatened Bronze Age city of Moenjodaro in Pakistan, and the Buddhist temple compounds of Borobodur, Indonesia.

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In the great Mississippi flood of 1993, floodwaters washed over Valmeyer, causing substantial damage to 90% of the town's properties.

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And often, great stories are lost in the daily flood of millions of options for readers to spend their time on.

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Barack Obama's nascent presidency has brought forth the customary flood of policy proposals from the great and good, all hoping to influence his administration.

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Poland is affected by periodic flood events and pays great attention to the issue of water quality.

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Will the lower flood-season flow affect the seasonal highs and lows of the water levels of the Great Lake in Cambodia?

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