Two workers fasten a fence at a subway construction site in downtown Taipei on October 4, 2009 as Taiwan braces for Typhoon Parma. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau warned that Typhoon Parma may be approaching the island, bringing torrential rain with it, after pummelling the northern Philippines. Officials have evacuated around 1,800 people from the remote mountainous areas, some of them forced by the government, after the warning was issued against Typhoon Parma. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

Two workers fasten a fence at a subway construction site in downtown Taipei on October 4, 2009 as Taiwan braces for Typhoon Parma. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau warned that Typhoon Parma may be approaching the island, bringing torrential rain with it, after pummelling the northern Philippines. Officials have evacuated around 1,800 people from the remote mountainous areas, some of them forced by the government, after the warning was issued against Typhoon Parma.

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  11. A construction crew stack sand bags along the Pawtuxet River near a dam in West Warwick, R.I., Monday, March 15, 2010. The head of Rhode Island's emergency management agency says there is no immediate threat that the dam on the flooded river in West Warwick will fail. J. David Smith said Monday that officials are evaluating whether boards along the top of the private dam should be removed to relieve pressure. The National Weather Service says the Pawtuxet River reached a record flood level of nearly 15 feet as of Monday afternoon.
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  15. Jim Deslandes, left front, Chris Lansek, right, and Jimmy Deslander, left back, stack sandbags along the edge of the Pawtuxet River in West Warwick, R.I., Monday, March 15, 2010. The head of Rhode Island's emergency management agency says there is no immediate threat that the dam on the flooded river in West Warwick will fail. J. David Smith said Monday that officials are evaluating whether boards along the top of the private dam should be removed to relieve pressure. The National Weather Service says the Pawtuxet River reached a record flood level of nearly 15 feet as of Monday afternoon.
  16. Pete Jandrisevits wades through downtown Peabody, Mass., Monday, March 15, 2010, after measuring flood water depth to survey for flood mitigation. The National Weather Service reports the storm bringing wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour has dropped more than eight inches of rain on some areas of the state, with another inch or two expected on Monday.

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