Floods in Iowa set records as residents evacuate
In Charles City, Cedar River floodwaters crest at 23 feet, surpassing 1993 levels and washing out sandbags. Fire Chief and mayor describe the double impact while residents hurriedly evacuate nine riverfront homes. Danielle Weber and Haley Salinas, mud-splattered, help defend the town amid ongoing heavy rain.
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Charles City
Iowa
Cedar River
Danielle Weber
Haley Salinas
Roy Schwickerath
James Erb
Cuban Exodus Grows Amid Smuggling Wave to U S
Desperate Cuban migrants increasingly rely on smugglers to reach the United States as arrests and confrontations rise. A man threatens violence, another douses a boat with gasoline, and authorities report 1,943 landings since October 1998 with up to 80 percent aided by smugglers.
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Cuba
U.S
Elena Freyre
Miami
Cuban Committee For Democracy
South
Florida
Border Patrol
Dan Geoghegan
Key West
Ninoska Perez
Cuban American National Foundation
Immigrant ship with 122 Chinese aboard to Esquimalt
Canadian authorities intercepted 122 Chinese immigrants off Vancouver Island near Victoria. The 104 men and 18 women had spent about 38 days at sea on a rusting, unmarked vessel from Fuzhou. They were questioned and fed before being moved to Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, with officials treating most as illegal entrants.
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Isquimalt
British Columbia
Canada
United States
Victoria
Chris Henderson
Fuzhou
Gold River
Tahsis
Immigration and Health
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Missouri
Kansas
Cooree Toes
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Ottawa
We . Communications, Inc
Oy Nokta
Ing. Sect
Florida Straits
U.S. Coast Guard
Ms. Freyre
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Don Mueller
Geoghegan
Ottawa Herald
Evan CA
Tos
S. Cedar
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