Members of the rescue services navigate the flood waters, in the streets of Cockermouth village, England, as they work to rescue stranded residents from their homes, after heavy rains caused local flooding in the picturesque village, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The Royal Air Force and Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RLNI) rescue services have joined efforts to help around 200 people who are stranded by rising floodwater in the northern England tourist town.

A team of rescue services workers search for people or pets in the flooded streets of Cockermouth, England, Friday Nov. 20, 2009, as they work to rescue stranded residents from their homes, following heavy rains in the village. The Royal Air Force and Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RLNI) rescue services have joined efforts to help around 200 people who are stranded by rising floodwater in the northern England tourist town.

Rescue services workers transporting flood victims to safety navigate the flood waters in the streets of Cockermouth village, England, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The Royal Air Force and Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RLNI) rescue services have joined efforts to rescue stranded residents from their homes, after heavy rains caused local flooding in the picturesque north England village. Around 200 people was stranded by rising floodwater in the northern England tourist town.

A Washington state ferry sails past and in view of the iconic Space Needle, painted in preparation for Sunday's Major League Soccer championship game, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, in Seattle. The top of the Space Needle bears the logos of the MLS and competing teams Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake and a partial likeness of the MLS Cup soccer ball. Rainy weather kept the work from being completed.

Tanya Smith, a plaintiff in a lawsuit that says that the Army Corps of Engineers can be held liable for flooding during Hurricane Katrina, stands outside of her renovated home near the levee that was washed away during the storm, Chalmette, La., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.

The only snow for as far as the eye can see is a thin strip of the man-made stuff on a ski trail leading down from summit of Locke Mountain at the Sunday River ski resort, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, in Newry, Maine. Below freezing temperatures at night have enabled the resort to make enough snow to open four runs and one lift, giving die-hard skiers a little autumn fun.

The night sky over the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, is seen Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, as meteors from Leonid meteor shower appear. Forecasters define a meteor storm as 1,000 or more meteors per hour expected to streak across the sky during the shower's peak.

Pedestrians walk on a landing stage near the lake Ammersee in Herrsching, southern Germany, during nice autumn weather on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.

Amateur astronomers observe the night sky for the Leonid meteor shower at a hilltop near the village of Nagrakot, 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Katmandu, Nepal, early Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009. Forecasters define a meteor storm as 1,000 or more meteors per hour expected to streak across the sky during the shower's peak.

A Sri Lankan woman wades through floodwater as others look out from a window in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. The city received its highest rain fall since 2005 Tuesday night, according to the Met department.