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Evacuations as rain bursts dam near Grand Canyon PHOENIX - Dozens of tourists and Hualapai Tribe members spent the night in shelters after being lifted out of a flood-devastated gorge off the side of the Grand Canyon by helicopters.   Nations:U.S.   Source:(AP)   2008-08-18 Burrowing muskrat causes levee to fail in Missouri WINFIELD, Mo. - A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday -- undone by a burrowing muskrat.   Nations:U.S.   Activities:2008 U.S. Midwest Flood   Source:(AP)   2008-06-27 More rains hit flooded Midwest CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - More storms dumped crop-drowning rains on parts of the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, threatening strained levees and slowing recovery from a multibillion-dollar flood disaster in the heart of the world's biggest grain and food exporter.   Nations:U.S.   Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina 2008 U.S. Midwest Flood   Source:(Reuters)   2008-06-26 The Floods: A Manmade Disaster? On March 4, three Midwestern University professors wrote to warn the Army Corps of Engineers that its concrete navigation structures in the Mississippi River were intensifying floods, and that its plans to build more wingdikes and weirs would "exacerbate a severe and growing problem." They called some of the structures - designed to scour out the river's bottom so that barges could pass - "loaded cannons pointing at St. Louis and East St. Louis, waiting to go off in the next flood." Citing "clear and unequivocal data" from a dozen peer-reviewed articles, they declared that "the time to ask these questions is now, and not in the aftermath of the next great flood."   Nations:U.S.   Activities:2008 U.S. Midwest Flood   Source:(Time)   2008-06-26 Midwest floods may leave small towns smaller Wapello, Iowa - Wayne Gerst's farm has been in his family for 62 years; now it's under eight feet of water.   Nations:U.S.   Activities:2008 U.S. Midwest Flood   Source:(Christian Science Monitor)   2008-06-26 Headlines Evacuations as rain bursts dam near Grand Canyon 2008-08-18 Burrowing muskrat causes levee to fail in Missouri 2008-06-27 More rains hit flooded Midwest 2008-06-26 The Floods: A Manmade Disaster? 2008-06-26 Midwest floods may leave small towns smaller 2008-06-26 Swollen Mississippi defeats another levee 2008-06-24 Can farmers salvage a soaked planting season? 2008-06-23 Mississippi River level rises beyond forecasts 2008-06-22 Floods engulf archaic levee system 2008-06-20 Mississippi overflows levees, crops threatened 2008-06-18 Mississippi River breaks through Illinois levee 2008-06-17 Des Moines levee breach threatens neighborhood 2008-06-14 Cedar Rapids flood recedes; Des Moines levee fails 2008-06-14 Upper Midwest flooding forces evacuations 2008-06-13 Sandbagged levee holds in Iowa, protects city 2008-06-11 Iowa city looks to sandbags as levee breach looms 2008-06-11 Damming China's River Wild 2008-06-11 Wisconsin checks other dams for flood damage 2008-06-10 AP IMPACT: Leaky New Orleans levee alarms experts 2008-05-21 China quake death toll rises to nearly 10,000 2008-05-12 Army Corps says Condition of many levees a mystery 2008-05-12 Did oil canals worsen Katrina's effects? 2008-01-20 Parts of China's Yangtze at lowest level in 140 years 2008-01-17 China's massive dam project causes worry 2007-12-30 China: Three Gorges impact not that bad 2007-11-22 As China's mega dam rises, so do strains and fear 2007-11-14 China faces twin woes of floods, drought 2007-07-31 China floods put Three Gorges Dam to the test 2007-07-31 Loose dykes spur China flood fears as hundreds die 2007-07-24 Corps asked to explain pump contract 2007-04-30 China's Yangtze river in peril 2007-04-15 WWF says pollution, dams threaten rivers 2007-03-19 Engineers: 122 levees at risk of failing 2007-02-01 Portugal brings forward completion of giant dam project to 2015 2007-01-28 China moves ahead with project to rival Three Gorges in size 2006-11-27 Google maps spotlight Earth's changes, wonders 2006-09-13 Venice film awards leave critics vexed 2006-09-10 'Still Life' director says Venice prize a sign of respect for Chinese 2006-09-10 China's "Still Life" surprise winner in Venice 2006-09-09 Chinese film added to Venice line-up 2006-09-04 Engineers worried on New Orleans levees 2006-08-26 China's third-largest dam gets go-ahead 2006-06-06 China marks completion of Three Gorges Dam 2006-05-20 Three Gorges dam is environmental catastrophe: Friends of the Earth 2006-05-19 China's controversial Three Gorges Dam nears finish 2006-05-18 China's 3 Gorges raises questions for future dams 2006-05-14 Construction starts on power station on China's Yellow River 2006-04-16 N.D. Cities Think They May Escape Flooding 2006-04-05 Three Gorges Dam Ahead of Schedule 2006-02-04 Matches Shown: | 1-50 | 51-100 Most-viewed China quake death toll rises to nearly 10,000 2008-05-12 China faces twin woes of floods, drought 2007-07-31 China floods put Three Gorges Dam to the test 2007-07-31 As China's mega dam rises, so do strains and fear 2007-11-14 'Still Life' director says Venice prize a sign of respect for Chinese 2006-09-10 China moves ahead with project to rival Three Gorges in size 2006-11-27 Loose dykes spur China flood fears as hundreds die 2007-07-24 Venice film awards leave critics vexed 2006-09-10 Google maps spotlight Earth's changes, wonders 2006-09-13 China's "Still Life" surprise winner in Venice 2006-09-09 WWF says pollution, dams threaten rivers 2007-03-19 China's Yangtze river in peril 2007-04-15 Chinese film added to Venice line-up 2006-09-04 Parts of China's Yangtze at lowest level in 140 years 2008-01-17 Swollen Mississippi defeats another levee 2008-06-24 China's massive dam project causes worry 2007-12-30 Cracks in Three Gorges Dam to Be Fixed 2003-06-12 China: Three Gorges impact not that bad 2007-11-22 More rains hit flooded Midwest 2008-06-26 China To Build Museum for Relics 2000-12-01 China's third-largest dam gets go-ahead 2006-06-06 Corps asked to explain pump contract 2007-04-30 Floods engulf archaic levee system 2008-06-20 Chinese farmers protest Three Gorges resettlement 2000-10-05 China Moves Villagers for New Dam 2000-08-14

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