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Prelonged periods of rain have resulted in the River Esk being in flood. See video of River Esk in Langholm, Scotland.

I recently found a website providing some design details to make a solar powered balloon, or zeppelin to assist the rescue teams in case of a natural calamity, such as the one in Burma, the earthquake in China, and so on.

The last time I visited a supermarket I was thinking of our lost skills. How much we indeed lost in the course of civilization. We have lost touch with nature. Most of us are very good at tracking the lowest prices on the Internet, and perhaps frozen food in a supermarket. But would we be able to understand animal tracks in the wild.

In Queensland, Australia, the Nogoa River is still on the rise, but authorities say water levels should begin to recede in the region after cresting today.

Rescuers use rubber boats to deliver food and medicine to the flood victims.Landslides and floods are a common occurrence during the rainy season in Indonesia, especially in heavily logged areas.

Floods in Indiana left at least three people dead and many more homeless. CBS 2’s Kristyn Hartman reports on the cleanup efforts.

Australia endured bushfires, floods and record high temperatures in its drought-ravaged foodbowl in 2007 as global warming brought the nation's sixth hottest year on record, the weather bureau said on Thursday.

The historic site of Hasankeyf in southeastern Turkey could disappear under water if the government pushes ahead with a plan to build a hydro-electric dam that would flood part of the ruins of the site. Hasankeyf’s inhabitants fear the dam not only because of the threat to their heritage, but also to their income from tourism.

Heavy storms killed at least two people in the Pacific Northwest and forced all lanes of Interstate 5 between Portland and Seattle to be closed. Forecasts call for more snow Tuesday.

Many Sheridan residents say they’re seeing the worst flooding they’ve ever seen.

Calderon ordered the release of FONDEN (Mexico’s Fund for Disasters) to rebuild thousands of affected households and infrastructure. He said the funds would be quickly released but that the state’s recovery would be slow and prolonged.

At least 20,000 people in southern Mexico remained trapped Monday on the rooftops of homes as hungry and dehydrated victims scrambled for government packages of food and medicine.

Flood-ravaged central Vietnam was bracing for Tropical Storm Peipah, forecast to make landfall this week, even as the country copes with floods that have killed at least 49 people in two weeks, officials said Monday.

Some 80,000 people in 17 towns remained isolated by the floods. Most of them were out of reach for rescue teams and would have to wait for help until the water level falls, the Mexican Navy said.

A photoblog of the Ohio Floods and other weird weather photos.