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An expansive home along 6th Avenue sits in rising floodwaters after levee breaks caused extensive flooding around Corcoran, Calif., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/mar/29/latest-storm-piles-more-snow-on-california-mountains/
A person walks through floodwaters near a stranded car along a flooded street in Las Vegas.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/03/las-vegas-rain-flooding
A second breach opened up another 100 feet (30.48 meters) of the levee closer to the Pacific coast, providing a “relief valve” for the floodwaters to recede near the mouth of the river, officials said Monday during a news conference.
Assisted by Kevin Boarts of Dryridge VFD, Withrow Jr. and the man were safely pulled out of the floodwaters.
Source: https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/firefighters-honored-with-lifesaver-awards-in-unity/
Avoid floodwaters, as they may be contaminated by oil, gasoline, or raw sewage.
Source: https://www.nhpr.org/2023-07-13/flood-watch-issued-for-western-northern-nh
Cairns floods: Most Aussie moment ever in video of shirtless, bearded man leaning on a gate surrounded by rushing floodwaters waving off rescuers: 'Yeah mate, all good'
Cars swept in the floodwaters near Clark Atlanta University on Sept. 14, 2023.
Characters in “The Boosters” are sucked into the gung-ho swirl like people pulled into floodwaters.
Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-16/hollywood-sign-centennial-los-angeles
Crews pumped floodwaters out from Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage.
Source: https://abc7.com/hilary-tropical-storm-palm-springs-coachella-valley/13677870/
Echuca residents were encircled for days by floodwaters.
FRESNO COUNTY, Cali (KFSN) -- The California Highway Patrol says floodwaters compromised a section of Highway 168 in the Shaver Lake Area.
Source: https://abc30.com/california-highway-patrol-168-shaver-lake-road-compromised/12979991/
In Mississippi, a woman died inside her SUV after a rotted tree branch struck her vehicle, and in Arkansas a man drowned after he drove into high floodwaters.
"In situations where the floodwaters are dissipating, it's still quite close to the levee banks, that's still a key area of focus," he said.
It’s been a year since Kirkpatrick was forced out of her Dorothy home by rising floodwaters, and life still isn’t back to normal.
More than 900 evacuees from Peguis First Nation still can't return to their community nearly nine months after floodwaters ravaged the reserve.
“My thoughts are with all those families dealing with floodwaters today – from the Kimberley to Menindee to the SA Riverlands,” Mr Albanese tweeted.
Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/01/04/flooding-western-australia-kimberley/
New Zealand is under a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle bore down on its northern coast on Sunday and several people are still missing in areas saturated by floodwaters.
Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/death-toll-rises-to-five-after-new-zealand-cyclone
One survivor, a young mother, Rozel Malaton, lost her two children, 9-year-old Brooklyn and 3-year-old Kayle, along with her fiancé, Kenneth Ryan when their rental was engulfed by the floodwaters.
Source: https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/ladysmith-residents-unite-in-search-for-missing-flood-victims/
PHOENIX — A woman was found dead Thursday after her vehicle got stuck in floodwaters in northeastern Arizona the previous night, authorities said.
Source: https://ktar.com/story/5476282/woman-dead-after-floodwaters-sweep-away-jeep-in-northeastern-arizona/
Residents of southern Ukraine, some who spent the night on rooftops, braced for a second day of swelling floodwaters on Wednesday as authorities warned that a Dnieper River dam breach would continue to unleash pent-up waters from a giant reservoir.