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2. A water main break in west Los Angeles turned the UCLA campus into a river, and left cars in an underground parking garage underwater. It took more than 3 hours to shut it off and some 8 million gallons of water spilled out.

 

3. Japan has been practicing storming beaches with the US and other countries as part of the Rim-Pacific exercises in Hawaii this month. The amphibious landing drills, which were relatively² new to Japan’s military, come as Tokyo tries to boost its ability to defend small islands it controls, while China claims as its own.

 

4. River otters³ were hitting water slides to beat the summer heat away at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. Nine river otters live at the zoo. But the same 3 brothers usually come out to meet the visitors.

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