Flash flooding made parts of some roadways impassable, with some reporting waters rising more than six feet in spots.
The pace of the drinking, if anything, quickened now that the waters were rising.
Victims were either swept away by the rising waters or buried in mudslides caused by the unseasonable downpours.
He busted a window and climbed out, only to get pinned against the wall of his house by the rapidly rising waters.
Along with the shearwaters and coral reefs and shorelines, it's likely that millions of people will feel the strain from rising waters, stronger storms and less freshwater.
Ciaran Jones, 25, had been off duty but got out of his car to direct traffic as rising waters in the River Liffey threatened to collapse a bridge.
The historical Nubian Temples campaign, for the protection of the Egyptian monuments in Nubia from the rising waters of the Aswan High Dam, mobilized the international community for the protection of the World Heritage.
The area below 39th Street, home to more than a quarter million people, was plunged into blackout thanks to rising waters and an explosion at a power substation on 14th Street (video, below).
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The plaintiffs, property owners on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, accused the industrial companies of spewing greenhouse gases into the air and helping to cause global warming, rising waters, hurricanes and all manner of other natural disasters.
Today, when I got back to Twitter, I was quickly able to see the vast devastation down in New Jersey and to wonder at the impact of what seems to be a new pattern of storm surges and rising waters in the New York region.
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The rising flood waters overwhelmed pumping stations that would normally keep the city dry.
The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace.
In these four periods of rising rates, managers had the acumen to navigate troubled waters by various techniques of managing bond types, sector allocation, duration, maturity, credit quality, country, and currency.
Concern is also growing over the possibility that the flooding could spread further inland to cities like Manaus, as the waters of Rio Negro, which feeds the Amazon, have been rising rapidly in recent days.
How could we ever truly protect New York City from a rising sea, or build it up higher above the threatening waters?
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