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They found her footprints in the mud at the edge of the river, the current was swift there, and we believe it carried her down the river. – Wythe County SheriffKeith Dunagan	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We continue to see dead and dying fish, people using the Kentucky River in the area of the plume will see dead fish and may smell them. – Jim Mura	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
From 6pm on Wednesday at River Plate, all night until Thursday morning, they'll receive blankets and shelter, solidarity with people living on the street! – Juan Carr	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The immediate concerns for our communities are those living downstream of the river -- their ability to take water from the river, drinking water. – Topia Rameka	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The reason we have tragedies like that on the border is because those folks, that father didn't want to wait to go through the asylum process in the legal fashion, so decided to cross the river, and not only died, but Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli daughter died tragically as well. – Ken Cuccinelli	Found on CNN 4 years ago
When they said Amazon I thought they're talking about the rainforest and river that I saw from TV. – Seok Noh-ki	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It won't be like in a car race, going from a yellow flag to a green flag. It's going to take a while to get back up to the throughput that river is normally able to provide, the worry is that this could be a very brief relaxation of restrictions, just a temporary reprieve. – Mike Steenhoek	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Our emergency response team is not letting up despite this good news, we have a long, long way to go before the Arkansas River and Keystone are back to normal. – Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum	Found on CNN 4 years ago
But that's going to change as we have a system moving across there coming into midweek. The rain falling over the portions of the Central Plains into the upper Midwest will add to the river flows upstream. – Jim Hayes	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This is farmland, you're not even supposed to be able to visually see the river right now. – Rebeca Stewart	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It's just not going to give the river the chance to recede over the next couple of days. – Dan Petersen	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Rio Grande is a dangerous river, it looks calm, but it has resulted in a number of rescues and deaths over the years and is one of the main ways in which migrants are at risk from the terrain and natural barriers that exist as they travel north, water rescues are up significantly this year compared to last year. – Homeland Security official	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The deputy continued hiking toward the sound of the dog's barking, and spotted a dog matching the description of Daisy up a very steep embankment above the Marshall River. – Pierce County Sheriff Department	Found on CNN 5 years ago
If we're not able to travel on the river, we're all 100 percent dependent on air travel, which is hugely expensive. – Mark Leary	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Time and again the Trump administration puts corporations and polluters' interests ahead of public health and the environment, since the EPA has failed to hold GE accountable for fulfilling its obligation to restore the river, New York State will take any action necessary to protect our waterways. – Andrew Cuomo	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
All that snow is going to melt sooner rather than later, and it'll all flow into the Missouri River basin. – Brian Hurley	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The inflow into the Karkheh river dam has been high ... and officials have had to release more water as the dam was approaching its full capacity. – Gholamreza Shariati	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Search crews from the Sheriffs Office are still combing the area and will continue searching depending on conditions, the river in this area is approximately 50 degrees and due to heavy rainfall and runoff in our region, the river is flowing very fast. – Coast Guard officials	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The ice floats down river until it bunches up in what we call an ice-jam, like a dam, causing flooding, all that backed-up water is eventually going downstream. – David Roth	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The prediction that high water was coming wasn't too concerning, we've never had water go over the levee. But two days later, we learned the river was going to rise 15 feet and it was full panic attack. – Brett Adams	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Omaha has 13 miles of flood control on the Missouri River. The levee is safe and the river is not expected to compromise the levee. The levee is being monitored as a precaution. – Jean Stothert	Found on CNN 5 years ago
You have one side they want them to go back up. On the other side, they want to throw them in the river, i think we need to come somewhere in the middle. – Billy Nungesser	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
When a boat come upon a winding river, slow down and the river becomes straight. – Nelson Mandela	added by anonymous 5 years ago
The Mississippi River, all our rivers connect us, to one another. To our shared story, for that is how this country was founded, with patriots who saw more that united them than divided them. – Amy Klobuchar	Found on CNN 5 years ago

They found her footprints in the mud at the edge of the river, the current was swift there, and we believe it carried her down the river.

– Wythe County SheriffKeith Dunagan

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We continue to see dead and dying fish, people using the Kentucky River in the area of the plume will see dead fish and may smell them.

– Jim Mura

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

From 6pm on Wednesday at River Plate, all night until Thursday morning, they'll receive blankets and shelter, solidarity with people living on the street!

– Juan Carr

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The immediate concerns for our communities are those living downstream of the river -- their ability to take water from the river, drinking water.

– Topia Rameka

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The reason we have tragedies like that on the border is because those folks, that father didn't want to wait to go through the asylum process in the legal fashion, so decided to cross the river, and not only died, but Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli daughter died tragically as well.

– Ken Cuccinelli

Found on CNN
4 years ago

When they said Amazon I thought they're talking about the rainforest and river that I saw from TV.

– Seok Noh-ki

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It won't be like in a car race, going from a yellow flag to a green flag. It's going to take a while to get back up to the throughput that river is normally able to provide, the worry is that this could be a very brief relaxation of restrictions, just a temporary reprieve.

– Mike Steenhoek

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Our emergency response team is not letting up despite this good news, we have a long, long way to go before the Arkansas River and Keystone are back to normal.

– Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum

Found on CNN
4 years ago

But that's going to change as we have a system moving across there coming into midweek. The rain falling over the portions of the Central Plains into the upper Midwest will add to the river flows upstream.

– Jim Hayes

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is farmland, you're not even supposed to be able to visually see the river right now.

– Rebeca Stewart

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It's just not going to give the river the chance to recede over the next couple of days.

– Dan Petersen

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Rio Grande is a dangerous river, it looks calm, but it has resulted in a number of rescues and deaths over the years and is one of the main ways in which migrants are at risk from the terrain and natural barriers that exist as they travel north, water rescues are up significantly this year compared to last year.

– Homeland Security official

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The deputy continued hiking toward the sound of the dog's barking, and spotted a dog matching the description of Daisy up a very steep embankment above the Marshall River.

– Pierce County Sheriff Department

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If we're not able to travel on the river, we're all 100 percent dependent on air travel, which is hugely expensive.

– Mark Leary

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Time and again the Trump administration puts corporations and polluters' interests ahead of public health and the environment, since the EPA has failed to hold GE accountable for fulfilling its obligation to restore the river, New York State will take any action necessary to protect our waterways.

– Andrew Cuomo

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

All that snow is going to melt sooner rather than later, and it'll all flow into the Missouri River basin.

– Brian Hurley

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The inflow into the Karkheh river dam has been high ... and officials have had to release more water as the dam was approaching its full capacity.

– Gholamreza Shariati

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Search crews from the Sheriffs Office are still combing the area and will continue searching depending on conditions, the river in this area is approximately 50 degrees and due to heavy rainfall and runoff in our region, the river is flowing very fast.

– Coast Guard officials

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The ice floats down river until it bunches up in what we call an ice-jam, like a dam, causing flooding, all that backed-up water is eventually going downstream.

– David Roth

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The prediction that high water was coming wasn't too concerning, we've never had water go over the levee. But two days later, we learned the river was going to rise 15 feet and it was full panic attack.

– Brett Adams

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Omaha has 13 miles of flood control on the Missouri River. The levee is safe and the river is not expected to compromise the levee. The levee is being monitored as a precaution.

– Jean Stothert

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You have one side they want them to go back up. On the other side, they want to throw them in the river, i think we need to come somewhere in the middle.

– Billy Nungesser

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

When a boat come upon a winding river, slow down and the river becomes straight.

– Nelson Mandela

added by anonymous
5 years ago

The Mississippi River, all our rivers connect us, to one another. To our shared story, for that is how this country was founded, with patriots who saw more that united them than divided them.

– Amy Klobuchar

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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