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HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Corbett administration announced today that the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) has approved nearly $33.5 million through the H2O PA program to fund the construction and repair of flood control projects that will impact more than 270 businesses and 5,200 residents in three counties. "Although Pennsylvania was very fortunate, Superstorm Sandy brought powerful reminders of the damage and destruction that flooding can...

Some call it the eighth wonder of world. Others say it's the next Great Wall of China. Upon completion in 2009, the Three Gorges Dam along China's Yangtze River will be the world's largest hydroelectric power generator and one of the few man-made structures so enormous that it's actually visible to the naked eye from space. NASA's Landsat satellites have provided detailed, vivid views of the dam since construction began in 1994. The Yangtze River is the third largest river in the world,...