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Man walks through a flooded street in Jakarta
04 Jun 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A man walks through a flooded street in Jakarta June 4, 2008. A tidal wave of over 2 metres flooded parts of Jakarta overnight as the city government and citizens raced to hold the water back with emergency embankments, a government official said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA)
REUTERS/BEAWIHARTA


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Volunteers fill sandbags in Quincy, Illinois June 17, 2008. The worst flooding in the U.S. Midwest in 15 years is expected to reduce second-quarter earnings at railroads, barge companies and trucking ...




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