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It was such an obvious, childish lie, I couldn't wrap my head around it, obviously I thought we must at least investigate the lake but my [ agency ] had a different view, which corresponded with the one of the [ Nornickel ] plant — that the spill did not spread further that the river. – Vasily Ryabinin	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The fuel has got into Lake Pyasino, now it's important to prevent it from getting into the Pyasina River, which flows north. That should be possible. – Alexander Uss	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Sometimes when I am in my sitting room, it comes before me, when we were crossing the river, fighting, it's printed on my memory like a video film, anybody that goes to war, everyone must have respect for that person. It is not child's play. – Joseph Hammond	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Extremely dangerous flash flooding is ongoing along the Tittabawassee River in Midland County due to catastrophic dam failures at the Edenville and Sanford dams, this flooding will continue all along the length of the river in Midland County, and possibly extending into Saginaw county where a Flash Flood Watch is also in effect. – The National Weather Service	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
These workers were kept in custody by Iranian forces and, after 24 hours, the Afghan workers were brought to the bank of the river, beaten and ordered to jump in the river to go back to Afghanistan. – Habiburrahman Pidram	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Of 57 workers who were forced into the river by Iranian security forces, only 12 managed to survive. – Habiburrahman Pidram	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We are telling people who are downstream, Garissa all the way to Tana River - things are worsening, we are asking them to move. Let them not wait for water, because this is historical. – Energy Minister Charles Keter	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
After being tortured, the Iranian soldiers threw all of us in the Harirud river. – Noor Mohammad	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
This said, his watery eyes he did dismount, Whose sights till then were levell'd on my face; Each cheek a river running from a fount With brinish current downward flow'd apace: O, how the channel to the stream gave grace! – Shakespeare A Lover's Complaint 279	added by anonymous 4 years ago
Apparently that was a tactic used back in 1972 and our river experts have looked at that very closely and are saying that would just not work in this situation, it would not displace the ice, it would just create tighter jams in some places. – Don Scott	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted … you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money. – Alanis Obomsawin	added by Greying_Geezer 4 years ago
Without this river, American cities in the Southwest would dry up and blow away. – Brad Udall	Found on CNN 4 years ago
China has overcome its own difficulty and increased water outflow from the Lancang River to help Mekong countries mitigate the drought, we also agreed to strengthen such cooperation within the framework of LMC to ensure the rational and sustainable use of water resources. – Foreign Minister Wang Yi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The river hasn't run since 2017, there's no water going through the creek. It's pretty sad. – Mathew Byrne	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
After days of rising floodwaters, we do have some positive news to report this morning, it appears the Pearl River is currently at 36.74 feet (11.2 meters) and we that believe it is expected to be at or near its crest at this moment. – Governor Tate Reeves	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Steve Bowen, director and meteorologist at Aons impact forecasting team, said in a news release. WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS OF 2019 : HERE ARE THE BIGGEST MOMENTS, FROM POLAR VORTEX TO HURRICANE DORIAN The area that was worst hit in the last decade was the Asia-Pacific region, which accounted for 44 percent of the total amount of economic losses, according to the report. In 2019 one of the greatest disasters was when Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan in October, causing 99 deaths and $ 15 billion in economic losses. ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellites - Public Affairs) In 2019, one of the greatest disasters was when Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan in October, causing 99 deaths and $ 15 billion in economic losses. In its report, Aon said intense weather events, bigger populations in the path of disasters and greater supply chain disruption in a globalized economy contributed to the sharp rise in overall economic damage. The runway at Offutt Air Force Base can be seen covered by floodwaters from the Missouri River during flooding in 2019. ( 55th Wing Commander/Facebook) The costliest individual disaster in 2019 was inland flooding, which created losses of $ 82 billion, while tropical cyclones caused economic losses globally around $ 68 billion. In the U.S., floodingspawned by the bomb cyclonein the Midwest caused economic losses of over $ 20 billion, the report noted. 10 DEADLIEST US TORNADOES ON RECORD According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2019 was the second-hottest year in the agencys 140-year climate record, just behind 2016. The agency also noted that the worlds five warmest years have all occurred since 2015, with nine of the 10 warmest years occurring since 2005. Scientific research indicates that climate change will continue to affect all types of weather phenomena and subsequently impact increasingly urbanized areas. – Steve Bowen	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
In one place, we found this particularly weird fish, its a blind, depigmented cichlid it looks very much like a cave fish, but there are no caves in the river. – Melanie Stiassny	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The QMM mine definitely releases more uranium into water on the site, thus creating an enhanced source of uranium to the Mandromondromotra River and Lac Ambavarano. – Stella Swanson	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Everything in the lake has been dramatically altered by landscape change, dams and sand mining, the amount of water in the lake, in the Yangtze River, the sediment going in and going out - everything is affected by human activity. – David Shankman	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We tried many times to try to get out, but just couldnt get out, so ventured forth to try and find some shelter and some water, the river was just too large, we couldnt get out. – Tamra McBeath-Riley	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
A colleague out for lunch messaged to say there had been an incident on London Bridge and he was unable to cross back over the river. I went straight to the window and saw hundreds of people running off the bridge down Tooley Street, people looked so panicked. Stevie Beer was haunting. There were at least half a dozen police cars and halted buses. Our building is now on lockdown, but we've not been given any concrete information. – Stevie Beer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are facing the end of free-flowing rivers in Europe and a collapse of biodiversity if we do not stop this hydropower madness, the EU Commission under Ursula von der Leyen and the national governments have to stop this expansion. Above all, they must put an end to subsidies for hydropower and improve river protection. – Ulrich Eichelmann of Riverwatch	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
He was dragging me all over the river, for a minute I thought I was going to lose my pole because it was like halfway in the water. – Chris Hernandez	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We are gathered here in this small dry land which is caving in as well. Even the airport. Up to now, there's no relief... what we need from the government is to dig the river so that it can contain the water in one place. – Regina Marco	Found on Reuters 4 years ago

It was such an obvious, childish lie, I couldn't wrap my head around it, obviously I thought we must at least investigate the lake but my [ agency ] had a different view, which corresponded with the one of the [ Nornickel ] plant — that the spill did not spread further that the river.

– Vasily Ryabinin

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The fuel has got into Lake Pyasino, now it's important to prevent it from getting into the Pyasina River, which flows north. That should be possible.

– Alexander Uss

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Sometimes when I am in my sitting room, it comes before me, when we were crossing the river, fighting, it's printed on my memory like a video film, anybody that goes to war, everyone must have respect for that person. It is not child's play.

– Joseph Hammond

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Extremely dangerous flash flooding is ongoing along the Tittabawassee River in Midland County due to catastrophic dam failures at the Edenville and Sanford dams, this flooding will continue all along the length of the river in Midland County, and possibly extending into Saginaw county where a Flash Flood Watch is also in effect.

– The National Weather Service

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

These workers were kept in custody by Iranian forces and, after 24 hours, the Afghan workers were brought to the bank of the river, beaten and ordered to jump in the river to go back to Afghanistan.

– Habiburrahman Pidram

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Of 57 workers who were forced into the river by Iranian security forces, only 12 managed to survive.

– Habiburrahman Pidram

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We are telling people who are downstream, Garissa all the way to Tana River - things are worsening, we are asking them to move. Let them not wait for water, because this is historical.

– Energy Minister Charles Keter

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

After being tortured, the Iranian soldiers threw all of us in the Harirud river.

– Noor Mohammad

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

This said, his watery eyes he did dismount, Whose sights till then were levell'd on my face; Each cheek a river running from a fount With brinish current downward flow'd apace: O, how the channel to the stream gave grace!

– Shakespeare A Lover's Complaint 279

added by anonymous
4 years ago

Apparently that was a tactic used back in 1972 and our river experts have looked at that very closely and are saying that would just not work in this situation, it would not displace the ice, it would just create tighter jams in some places.

– Don Scott

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted … you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.

– Alanis Obomsawin

added by Greying_Geezer
4 years ago

Without this river, American cities in the Southwest would dry up and blow away.

– Brad Udall

Found on CNN
4 years ago

China has overcome its own difficulty and increased water outflow from the Lancang River to help Mekong countries mitigate the drought, we also agreed to strengthen such cooperation within the framework of LMC to ensure the rational and sustainable use of water resources.

– Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The river hasn't run since 2017, there's no water going through the creek. It's pretty sad.

– Mathew Byrne

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

After days of rising floodwaters, we do have some positive news to report this morning, it appears the Pearl River is currently at 36.74 feet (11.2 meters) and we that believe it is expected to be at or near its crest at this moment.

– Governor Tate Reeves

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Steve Bowen, director and meteorologist at Aons impact forecasting team, said in a news release. WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS OF 2019 : HERE ARE THE BIGGEST MOMENTS, FROM POLAR VORTEX TO HURRICANE DORIAN The area that was worst hit in the last decade was the Asia-Pacific region, which accounted for 44 percent of the total amount of economic losses, according to the report. In 2019 one of the greatest disasters was when Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan in October, causing 99 deaths and $ 15 billion in economic losses. ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellites - Public Affairs) In 2019, one of the greatest disasters was when Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan in October, causing 99 deaths and $ 15 billion in economic losses. In its report, Aon said intense weather events, bigger populations in the path of disasters and greater supply chain disruption in a globalized economy contributed to the sharp rise in overall economic damage. The runway at Offutt Air Force Base can be seen covered by floodwaters from the Missouri River during flooding in 2019. ( 55th Wing Commander/Facebook) The costliest individual disaster in 2019 was inland flooding, which created losses of $ 82 billion, while tropical cyclones caused economic losses globally around $ 68 billion. In the U.S., floodingspawned by the bomb cyclonein the Midwest caused economic losses of over $ 20 billion, the report noted. 10 DEADLIEST US TORNADOES ON RECORD According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2019 was the second-hottest year in the agencys 140-year climate record, just behind 2016. The agency also noted that the worlds five warmest years have all occurred since 2015, with nine of the 10 warmest years occurring since 2005. Scientific research indicates that climate change will continue to affect all types of weather phenomena and subsequently impact increasingly urbanized areas.

– Steve Bowen

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

In one place, we found this particularly weird fish, its a blind, depigmented cichlid it looks very much like a cave fish, but there are no caves in the river.

– Melanie Stiassny

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The QMM mine definitely releases more uranium into water on the site, thus creating an enhanced source of uranium to the Mandromondromotra River and Lac Ambavarano.

– Stella Swanson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Everything in the lake has been dramatically altered by landscape change, dams and sand mining, the amount of water in the lake, in the Yangtze River, the sediment going in and going out - everything is affected by human activity.

– David Shankman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We tried many times to try to get out, but just couldnt get out, so ventured forth to try and find some shelter and some water, the river was just too large, we couldnt get out.

– Tamra McBeath-Riley

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

A colleague out for lunch messaged to say there had been an incident on London Bridge and he was unable to cross back over the river. I went straight to the window and saw hundreds of people running off the bridge down Tooley Street, people looked so panicked. Stevie Beer was haunting. There were at least half a dozen police cars and halted buses. Our building is now on lockdown, but we've not been given any concrete information.

– Stevie Beer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are facing the end of free-flowing rivers in Europe and a collapse of biodiversity if we do not stop this hydropower madness, the EU Commission under Ursula von der Leyen and the national governments have to stop this expansion. Above all, they must put an end to subsidies for hydropower and improve river protection.

– Ulrich Eichelmann of Riverwatch

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He was dragging me all over the river, for a minute I thought I was going to lose my pole because it was like halfway in the water.

– Chris Hernandez

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We are gathered here in this small dry land which is caving in as well. Even the airport. Up to now, there's no relief... what we need from the government is to dig the river so that it can contain the water in one place.

– Regina Marco

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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