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A male giraffe, Lbarnoti, was rescued from flooded Kenyan rangeland using a custom barge and some patient training.
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The Great Kenyan Giraffe Rescue

It took a custom-built barge and a whole lot of patience to get these rare animals off a shrinking island.
Winnie Lee February 16, 2021
The double arches of Dulsie Bridge.
Nairn, Scotland

Dulsie Bridge

One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.
The sign directing you to the historically nonexistent swing-bridge.
Bainham, New Zealand

Salisbury Historic Swing-Bridge

New Zealand's most advertised nonexistent landmark
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Normaal Amsterdams Peil (Amsterdam Ordnance Datum)

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.
The flex gates to protect subway stations are tested with lots of water.
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How Do You Keep a Subway From Flooding in the Age of Rising Seas?

You seal it up, but you have to test it first.
Isaac Schultz November 21, 2019
The plaques on the side of the church.
Rome, Italy

Santa Maria sopra Minerva Flood Markers

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.
Nebraska Bridge.
Tionesta, Pennsylvania

Nebraska Bridge

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.
A bronze cast of the Army-owned Wankel's T. Rex, affectionately nicknamed "Big Mike," guards the Museum of the Rockies.
dinosaurs

Why Does the U.S. Army Own So Many Fossils?

Turns out massive flood control projects are a great way to find dinosaurs.
Sabrina Imbler August 7, 2019
The entrance.
Williamstown, Massachusetts

The Spruces

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.
Floodwaters from the Mississippi River churn through the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
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Come for the Controlled Flooding, Stay for the Gumbo

As waters rise in Morganza, Louisiana, so does disaster tourism.
Michael Patrick Welch July 18, 2019
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Red River Floodway

A marvel of engineering built to prevent annual floods from devastating the city of Winnipeg.
The ruins of the Ritter Lumber Company's sawmill at Hazel Creek near Proctor.
Bryson City, North Carolina

The Lost Town of Proctor

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.
The Amsterdam Ordnance Datum marker in the Town Hall.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Ordnance Datum

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.
The last remaining in situ Huddesteen in the Eenhoorn lock.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Huddesteen

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.
The ruins of Tyre are perilously close to the water.
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Here Are the Mediterranean Sites That Will Be Swallowed By the Sea

Coastal erosion and flooding are bad news for these ancient places.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 16, 2018
Ruins of the Church of San Vittorino.
Cittaducale, Italy

Sunken Church of San Vittorino

The marshy karst plain has reclaimed this beautiful 17th-century church.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Broken Down Dam Park

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.
Memorial.
Bradfield Dale, England

Dale Dyke Dam Marker and Memorials

The collapse of the brand-new dam caused one of the worst floods in British history.