Flooding Impacts Northeast

A construction worker looks over the area where a leak in the Lake Needwood Dam caused flooding in Wheaton, Maryland, June 28, 2006.

Water rises above the pedestrian sidewalk along Potomac river near the George Mason bridge in Washington D.C., June 28, 2006.

A view of the rising water of the Potomac river in Washington, with the Kennedy Center (R) and Watergate building in the background, June 28, 2006. Two days of heavy rains have caused local evacuations and three deaths in the Washington metro area.

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The Roar, the Screams -- And the Silence of Death
(washingtonpost.com) -- Black water was churning so hard around his tractor that Jimmy Grossnickle thought he, too, might be swept away.

Hundreds of thousands flee Northeast floods
At least 10 dead as streams rise from New York to Virginia
(CNN) -- At least 10 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in the U.S. Northeast as major rivers and their tributaries overflowed their banks Wednesday.

After the Deluge, Death and Debris
Leaky Dam Threatens Md. Houses; 3 Killed, 2 Teens Missing in Frederick
(washingtonpost.com) -- The historic rain that battered the Washington area claimed its first flooding victims, forced additional evacuations and endangered a dam yesterday, even as the weather front finally released its stubborn grip on the region.

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In Pa., Residents Evacuate As Flooding Strains Levees
Swelling Rivers Force 200,000 to Seek Higher Ground
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., June 28 (washingtonpost.com) -- Nearly 200,000 people in Pennsylvania were forced to evacuate their homes Wednesday, after officials worried that levees holding back the Susquehanna River here could fail because of sustained floodwater pressure and torrential rain.

200,000 Ordered to Evacuate Due to Floods
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- Officials worried about pressure on the town's levees ordered up to 200,000 people to evacuate the Wilkes-Barre area after the Susquehanna River was swelled by a record-breaking deluge that has killed at least 12 people in the Northeast.

US floods recede in Pennsylvania town, New Jersey on alert
WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -- Floods in the Susquehanna River receded early on Thursday, lifting the threat of catastrophic flooding in the historic town of Wilkes-Barre, but water was still rising in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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