You know a flood is bad when a Duck paddles past your window…

…belonging to Anderson Eye Care at the Riverfront Plaza Building in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich., as The Grand River reaches an all time high of 21.85 feet, a full 2.2 feet above the record set in 1985. Previous water levels can be seen marked on the wall.

Picture: AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Cory Morse

Source : telegraph.co.uk

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Flood Prevention

This artist’s rendering provided by DLANDSTUDIO and Architecture Research Office shows a proposed perimeter wetlands and an archipelago of man-made barrier islets on New York’s Manhattan island, designed to absorb the brunt of a huge storm surge. Picture: DLANDSTUDIO and Architecture Research Office/AP

Source : telegraph.co.uk

6DLANDSTUDIO, Architecture Research Office, News, Hurricane Sandy, Flood, Manhattan, New York, USA,

Hurricane Sandy: it hit the Caribbean too, you know

While the media were focused on New York, little attention was paid to the pounding taken by Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba…More Here

Picture: U.N

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6Flood, Haiti, Landscape, News, Hurricane Sandy,

The Greco family home is still flooded two days after superstorm Sandy caused massive destruction in Little Ferry, New Jersey, Photograph: Peter Foley/EPA

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6Peter Foley, EPA, News, Sandy, Flood, Architecture, Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA,

Taxis are submerged in floodwaters in the wake of superstorm Sandy in Weehawken, N.J. Photograph: Mike Groll/AP

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6Mike Groll, AP, News, Sandy, Cars, Taxi, Flood, Weehawken, New Jersey, USA,

MITT ROMNEY: “I’M NOT IN THIS RACE TO SLOW THE RISE OF THE OCEANS OR TO HEAL THE PLANET” 

Picture: An abandoned home, inundated with water at Shinnecock Bay in Southampton, New York, on October 29, 2012. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson) 

Source : The Huffington Post

6News, Sandy, Mitt Romney, Environmental, Climate Change, Architecture, Abandoned, Ruins, Flood, Shinnecock Bay, Southampton, USA,

Mukesh Gupta/Reuters: A temple stands amid the waters of the flooded river Tawi after heavy rains in Jammu August 19, 2012.

Source : reuters.com

6Mukesh Gupta, Reuters, News, Flood, Architecture, Temple, Jammu, India,