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Heavy rain in central Europe has caused floods which killed at least seven people, cut off towns and forced the evacuation of residents from submerged villages by helicopter, authorities and local media said Saturday. Flood – Helicopter – Central Europe – Rain – Central and Eastern Europe

The first typhoon to lash the Philippines this year flooded streets in the capital, toppled power lines and killed at least nine people Wednesday. Ten fishermen were missing after waves overturned their boats.

A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005.

A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005.

Soldiers and residents dug through rock and debris looking for dozens of people missing when a mudslide covered a town in El Salvador.