Six South Koreans were killed when the water in the shared Imjin River rose quickly to twice its usual level.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

The town lay on a flat plain at the base of an Allegheny Mountain valley so steep that the hillsides rose straight upward along the Little Connemaugh River.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

The centre of Magdeburg, capital of Saxony-Anhalt, was spared as the river rose by less than feared.

ECONOMIST: The continent awash

It's now headed by Lucy Boyd (daughter of the late Rose Gray of the River Cafe), who has been integral to its success since the beginning.

WSJ: Constant Gardeners

Related problems were evidenced by the closures of central power plants across Europe during the heat wave of 2003 because river water temperatures rose to levels where cooling was not possible or environmentally acceptable.

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