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Flash floods kill 33 in parts of K-P
2016-07-03 03:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: At least 43 people, including eight security officials, were killed after torrential rain hit parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), including the south west of Chitral district, triggering flash floods in the area late on Saturday night. As many as 17 people were reportedly missing in Ursoon Village while as many were injured due to flash flooding caused by a cloud burst in the area, DPO Chitral Asif Iqbal told The Express Tribune. Around 30 houses were demolished in the rainstorm caused by continuous...
Air pollution to kill millions more without change of energy policy: IEA
2016-06-27 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A woman wearing a protective mask makes her way in a business district on a heavily polluted day in Beijing, China January 3, 2016. Premature deaths from air pollution will continue to rise to 2040 unless changes are made to the way the world uses and produces energy, the International Energy Agency said on Monday. Around 6.5 million deaths globally are attributed each year to poor air quality inside and outside, making it the world's fourth-largest threat to human health, behind high blood...
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Locals Provide Disaster Assist After West Virginia Floods Kill At Least 24
2016-06-26 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: At least 24 people are confirmed dead. Thousands are still without power and water after severe flooding devastated several West Virginia towns on Thursday. Forty-four counties are still under a state of emergency. Kara Lofton with West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports. KARA LOFTON, BYLINE: Marsha Larch lived in the same Clendenin, W. Va., home for 50 years, ever since she got married at the age of 16. MARSHA LARCH: And I've never seen water like this before in my life....
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Flat science budgets could kill the Arecibo Observatory, the worlds largest telescope
2016-06-22 21:27:28| Extremetech
The Arecibo telescope has been a landmark observatory for 50 years, but limited funding could see the facility shut down in the near future.
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South China floods kill 22, with more rain forecast
2016-06-20 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Severe floods in southern China have killed at least 22 people and left 20 missing since Saturday, the government said, with the rains expected to continue for the next three days. About 200,000 people from eight southern provinces and regions, including Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang and Anhui, had been forced to evacuate, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on its website. Storms had pushed water levels in rivers to dangerous levels, leading to crop damage and the collapse...
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