In one accident in County Fermanagh, a woman's car was found partly submerged in the Colebrooke River after a collision with another vehicle.

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On an impulse, because the whole scene disgusted her, Ally found herself calmly stepping into the river with her trainers still on, wading across the large flat submerged stones at its edge.

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But the consequence is that as many as 4, 000 people, according to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, could have their homes submerged as waters are funneled into the Atchafalaya River Basin, between that river and the Mississippi.

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In 1999, the ASF led the effort to tear down the Edwards Dam on the Kennebec River in Maine, which freed up 17 miles of river that had been submerged.

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