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There are 14 million people in the Ferghana valley and in the event of a natural disaster water may wash away the tailings into the Naryn (Syr Darya) river which will be a tragedy for the whole valley. – Bolotbek Karimov	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The floods are too much and the river which broke from many parts has not yet been repaired, we do not know what to do. – Halima Abdullahi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The water from the river becomes salty when it reaches the ocean. – Proverb	added by anonymous 4 years ago
With more dams, the once powerful Mekong River river will become just a small creek. – Ban Nampai village chief	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I think the future of the river is dire. This is just the beginning, with more dams, the once powerful Mekong River river will become just a small creek. – Ban Nampai village chief	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The river country itself, it doesn't provide as much as what it used to. – Kyle Philip	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The bear skull was washed out of the same river sediments that routinely produce the skulls and bones of the American bison, some of which could date back as far as the last Ice Age, whether it is hundreds or thousands of years old, the skull gives us a better insight into the richness of life on the plains before Western man. – Mike Everhart	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I just felt so relaxed when I went out on the water in a boat for the first time, i have to be careful and stay focused on the river, which doesn't allow for other thoughts, and keeps me at ease. – Ha Jae-hun	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The river has never flooded like this before, and some houses have been completely swept away. I think it might be time to redraw hazard maps or reconsider evacuation plans. – Masaharu Ishizawa	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There was a huge river flowing in front of me. – Kazuo Saito	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Rain is expected in affected areas today. Because of the rain we have seen so far, levels of water are high in some rivers and soil is loose in some areas, please remain on your guard for landslides and river overflows. – Yoshihide Suga	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If they bury our river we have to leave our homes, we are fighting for the future of our children. – Fatlume Rushiti	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Over a period of about 10 days or a week, the Skeiðará river essentially dried up. – Andrew Russell	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Cooper's Ferry is located in the upper Columbia River basin. The Columbia River would provide the first Americans their first route to interior lands south of the continental ice sheets. – Loren Davis	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
A man who falls into a fast-flowing river is wise to swim with the current. – Thomas Steinbeck	added by Artlover87 4 years ago
We've been being invaded for a long time, and so the border states clearly qualify here to utilize this power State Legislators for Legal Immigration. And what's interesting is State Legislators for Legal Immigration don't need anyone's permission, state Legislators for Legal Immigration can do State Legislators for Legal Immigration State Legislators for Legal Immigration. And because State Legislators for Legal Immigration're acting under war powers, there's no due process. State Legislators for Legal Immigration can literally just line State Legislators for Legal Immigration National Guard up with, presumably with riot gear like State Legislators for Legal Immigration would if State Legislators for Legal Immigration had a civil disturbance, and turn people back at the border. Literally, you don't have to keep State Legislators for Legal Immigration, no catch and release, no nothing. You just point State Legislators for Legal Immigration back across the river and let State Legislators for Legal Immigration swim for State Legislators for Legal Immigration. – Ken Cuccinelli	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The river is at its lowest levels in a decade, a problem linked to China's decision to shut off water upstream. – Mike Pompeo	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
What they didn't realize is that these things would escape the ponds and get into the river system quickly. It took 30 years for them to get there, they were brought here for a good reason, but the folks who brought them had no idea that it would cause such a terrible problem. – Ron Brooks	Found on CNN 4 years ago
My dad invited Rudy Kalman to give a lecture at Ames, and when he did, Dad had an epiphany, rudy Kalman had written a paper about a theoretical' linear' solution to estimating a vehicle's location and speed. The problem was that this was a fundamentally' nonlinear' problem ; that's like the difference in complexity between floating down a lazy river and going over a waterfall, where your motion becomes chaotic and unpredictable. My dad then developed the equations for how to solve this nonlinear problem -- a major extension of Kalman's work. – Greg Schmidt	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It was a starry night, around minus 8 or minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 or 17 Fahrenheit) outside, we took our clothes off and were halfway across the Sola River when I heard the siren... Ice floes surrounded us. – Kazimierz Albin	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I think its a different day and age because theyre in New York. Like, nobody has to cross the river to come see them play, what we were doing and no matter how much we were winning, were still in the Meadowlands. So I think that was a deterrent to people, and then the Knicks historical brand, its always going to be that. No matter what the Nets do, the Knicks staple, thats always going to be there. But I think if they come in and win a championship, that will change. That will change the dynamic of the area, I believe. – Jason Kidd	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It's really the river that has us worried, they say that the river won't flood in New Orleans, but we have a 5-year-old and a 10-month-old, and we don't want to take any chances. – Betsey Hazard	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Mississippi River is so high that I am just scared to stay. – Claire Grogan	Found on CNN 4 years ago
This is the first time we've had a tropical system with water levels on the river this high. – Tropical Storm Barry	Found on CNN 4 years ago

There are 14 million people in the Ferghana valley and in the event of a natural disaster water may wash away the tailings into the Naryn (Syr Darya) river which will be a tragedy for the whole valley.

– Bolotbek Karimov

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The floods are too much and the river which broke from many parts has not yet been repaired, we do not know what to do.

– Halima Abdullahi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The water from the river becomes salty when it reaches the ocean.

– Proverb

added by anonymous
4 years ago

With more dams, the once powerful Mekong River river will become just a small creek.

– Ban Nampai village chief

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think the future of the river is dire. This is just the beginning, with more dams, the once powerful Mekong River river will become just a small creek.

– Ban Nampai village chief

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The river country itself, it doesn't provide as much as what it used to.

– Kyle Philip

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The bear skull was washed out of the same river sediments that routinely produce the skulls and bones of the American bison, some of which could date back as far as the last Ice Age, whether it is hundreds or thousands of years old, the skull gives us a better insight into the richness of life on the plains before Western man.

– Mike Everhart

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I just felt so relaxed when I went out on the water in a boat for the first time, i have to be careful and stay focused on the river, which doesn't allow for other thoughts, and keeps me at ease.

– Ha Jae-hun

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The river has never flooded like this before, and some houses have been completely swept away. I think it might be time to redraw hazard maps or reconsider evacuation plans.

– Masaharu Ishizawa

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There was a huge river flowing in front of me.

– Kazuo Saito

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Rain is expected in affected areas today. Because of the rain we have seen so far, levels of water are high in some rivers and soil is loose in some areas, please remain on your guard for landslides and river overflows.

– Yoshihide Suga

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If they bury our river we have to leave our homes, we are fighting for the future of our children.

– Fatlume Rushiti

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Over a period of about 10 days or a week, the Skeiðará river essentially dried up.

– Andrew Russell

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Cooper's Ferry is located in the upper Columbia River basin. The Columbia River would provide the first Americans their first route to interior lands south of the continental ice sheets.

– Loren Davis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

A man who falls into a fast-flowing river is wise to swim with the current.

– Thomas Steinbeck

added by Artlover87
4 years ago

– Ken Cuccinelli

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The river is at its lowest levels in a decade, a problem linked to China's decision to shut off water upstream.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

What they didn't realize is that these things would escape the ponds and get into the river system quickly. It took 30 years for them to get there, they were brought here for a good reason, but the folks who brought them had no idea that it would cause such a terrible problem.

– Ron Brooks

Found on CNN
4 years ago

My dad invited Rudy Kalman to give a lecture at Ames, and when he did, Dad had an epiphany, rudy Kalman had written a paper about a theoretical' linear' solution to estimating a vehicle's location and speed. The problem was that this was a fundamentally' nonlinear' problem ; that's like the difference in complexity between floating down a lazy river and going over a waterfall, where your motion becomes chaotic and unpredictable. My dad then developed the equations for how to solve this nonlinear problem -- a major extension of Kalman's work.

– Greg Schmidt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It was a starry night, around minus 8 or minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 or 17 Fahrenheit) outside, we took our clothes off and were halfway across the Sola River when I heard the siren... Ice floes surrounded us.

– Kazimierz Albin

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I think its a different day and age because theyre in New York. Like, nobody has to cross the river to come see them play, what we were doing and no matter how much we were winning, were still in the Meadowlands. So I think that was a deterrent to people, and then the Knicks historical brand, its always going to be that. No matter what the Nets do, the Knicks staple, thats always going to be there. But I think if they come in and win a championship, that will change. That will change the dynamic of the area, I believe.

– Jason Kidd

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It's really the river that has us worried, they say that the river won't flood in New Orleans, but we have a 5-year-old and a 10-month-old, and we don't want to take any chances.

– Betsey Hazard

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Mississippi River is so high that I am just scared to stay.

– Claire Grogan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This is the first time we've had a tropical system with water levels on the river this high.

– Tropical Storm Barry

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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