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On a recent visit to the Johnstown Flood National Memorial, next to the dam that failed and sent 20,000,000 tons of water ...

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“The Mary River at Gympie is currently at 7.31m and rising, above the minor flood level (6m),” it said. “The Mary River at Gympie is expected to reach around 7.8m Tuesday afternoon.

A major flood warning was issued earlier for Laidley Creek, with levels expected to drop overnight into Tuesday, though they are likely to remain above the moderate flood level of 6.0m.

From mega ambulances to delivery drones — emergency service workers have been putting their high-tech equipment to use in flood-hit parts of northern New South Wales. Specialist paramedics have ...

FARGO — Flood disasters are almost invariably a combination of natural "Acts of God" and engineering failures. On May 31, 1889 ... up a narrow canyon from Johnstown, Pa. The water over topped ...