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First responders rescue an employee who was trapped inside of a store in Tennessee

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122101) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 5 Jun

Marissa Webb who is an employee at Parrot's Place in Parrotsviile Tennessee is grateful that first responders came to rescue her last Thursday after flash floods hit the area as well the store where she went to work. Firefighters...

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Dad rescues his daughter who was inside of a flooded home

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122101) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 May

Brad Pennywitt who is the owner of a home in Clark County Ohio answered an emergency call from his daughter who was inside of his home that was getting water inside due to thunderstorms that the area recently. Brad had to borrow...

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Crossing guard carries a child across a street that was a flooded street

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122101) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 24 Jan

Chicago crossing guard Joe Sass who is a crossing guard in Chicago was just doing his duty when he carried on his back a young child to the other side of the street at an intersection that was flooded due to a water main break on...

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It's raining again...

Stacey @xstitcher (39015) • Petaluma, California 2 Jan

...and the little widget in the corner of the screen switched from "Flood Advisory" to "Heavy rain tomorrow". Oh, well--at least part of the day was rainless. I guess I'll do some puttering around on the computer for a while....

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Good night, myLot!

Stacey @xstitcher (39015) • Petaluma, California 20 Dec

It's nine-eleven p.m. by my computer clock, and I need to head to bed. Tomorrow's Sonday, which will mean church in the morning, and I'm hoping someone will offer me a ride. It's likely to be raining like it is now. I read...

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Firefighters in California rescue a young puppy who was in a flooded channel

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122101) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 Oct

Thanks to the work of the Ventura County and Oxnard Fire Department who answered an emergency call about a puppy who was in a pile of debris and vegetation when floodwaters were about to surround her. Firefighters with the Oxnard...

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Stormy Weather

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51817) • St. Catharines, Ontario 7 Oct

That's what was playing on my clock radio when I dragged myself out of bed this morning. And while it wasn't exactly "stormy" outside, it was raining extremely heavily, and it was darker than you'd expect: I had to put on the...

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Poor drainage in calcutta leads to waterlogging during heavy rain

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 15 Sep

It is rain again. this time calcutta is flooded. The poor drainage in calcutta leads to heavy waterlogging even during autumn. This is the time when monsoon should retreat. Instead the rain is causing hindrance. Travellers face...

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Mumbai monorail gets stuck due to tech issues

Anindita Sengupta @aninditasen (18198) • Raurkela, India 19 Aug

Mumbai has been facing heavy rains since a few days. Situation has turned worse with the Mumbai monorail getting stuck due to tech issues. There are about 100 passengers. The elderly and the children got suffocated forcing the...

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In Calcutta many roads are flooded

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 25 Jul

There has been incessant rain in Calcutta for the last 2 days. That has led to the roads been flooded and waterlogged. There are waterpipes in different parts of the city which are pumped and flown to river Ganges. But that takes...

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Authorities rescue a child who was at the base of a waterfall in North Carolina

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122101) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Jul

Officials with the Transylvania County Rescue Squad (TCRS), Transylvania County Emergency Medical Services, Brevard County Fire Department and Transylvania County Sheriff's Office teamed up to rescue a child who was in the base of...

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Braving the Water.

rakski @rakski (156303) • Philippines 21 Jul

Ugh, I mean the flood. Yesterday, we went out without the rain. The typhoon gone but we have the southwest monsoon. I didn't expect, erase that. No one expected that at around 9 in the morning, it will rain heavily continuously...

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Had to Take a Day Off

cherigucchi @cherigucchi (15934) • Philippines 21 Jul

My eldest daughter requested me not to report to work as she is not yet better from the rashes she got from her allergy. I was not surprised that the classes in the afternoon were suspended because of the non-stop heavy rains...

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Louisiana resident evacuates 14 campers from the floods in Texas

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122101) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 7 Jul

Emma Foltz who is a senior at Louisiana Tech University (LTU) and is in senior year in college has been a camp counselor at Camp Mystic for three years when she evacuated 14 students at the time of a flooding in Kerr County...

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Do You Believe?

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3670) • United States 25 Jun

Good evening mylotters!! Here we go again with a Flood Watch!!! On Memorial Day we were in a flood. The last time there was a flood was 85 years earlier on Memorial Day!! I still think about it and when it rains a lot I am...

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The Rain Stop Its Time For Morning Walk And Buy Breakfast

luisadannointed @luisadannointed (11842) • Philippines 23 Oct 24

My parents still sleeping, they woke up when the power comes back, and sleep again. I usually go out at 3 AM but because I was hook at myLot again, I read and commented first to some of the recent articles. After commenting to a...

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The Syrup Flood

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 9 Oct 24

On Wednesday, January 15, 1919, in the North End district of Boston, Massachusetts there was a horrific flood. But it wasn't of water. You see the weather was warm for that time of the year. It was 40F when it had only been 2F the...

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Stranger jumps into a river to safe a woman who was inside a home during a flood

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122101) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 Oct 24

Eddie Hunnell who is a resident of Wake County North Carolina was at the right place at the right time on Tuesday in Ashe County when floodwaters managed to get a home that was occupied by Leslie Worth who was trapped inside of...

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Stranger saves the life of a driver who was in flood waters in Louisiana

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122101) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 13 Sep 24

A driver who made an error of driving around barricades when rain from Hurricane Francine hit the New Orleans region on Wednesday evening that wound up submerged in the Canal Street Underpass that could have ended in...

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The Rain Might be Stronger Tomorrow.

rakski @rakski (156303) • Philippines 2 Sep 24

Oh no. My hubby is watching the news and I heard in the weather forecast that the rain might intensify tomorrow. To think that since last night, the rain has been non-stop. I like rain, the cold breeze that comes...

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