Mississippi Flooding Harms Agriculture in Several US States Flooding along the Mississippi River has ruined crops, damaged farmland and delayed barge traffic in parts of the southern United States. Officials say diversion of some of the water through...
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 17 August 2006 Ethiopian soldier stands guard near road which was nearly swept away near Afetesia slum in Dire Dawa, August 7, 2006 Flood waters around Ethiopia's Omo river have killed more than 300 people and stranded thousa...