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Livingston Parish (La.) schools reopen nearly a month after devastating floods
2016-09-12 17:56:00| American School & University
Students from six campuses have been relocated because of severe damage from floods. read more
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Louisiana floods: The water is gone, and the work begins
2016-09-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The stench isn't so bad anymore inside the three-bedroom house in north Baton Rouge where Rodney Davis has been living since the water receded. Volunteers tore out the hallway carpet. They hauled fouled furniture to the curb. And in a few rooms, they removed four feet of soggy drywall, exposing the skeleton of the home's wood frame. But the job is far from done. Ruined walls still hang in a bathroom, the den and the kitchen. And mold threatens to creep toward the ceiling. "I bought a cot,...
Climate Change Boosts Likelihood of Devastating Rain, Floods: Study
2016-09-10 06:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: Global warming has dramatically increased the likelihood of the type of torrential rainfall that flooded Louisiana last month, according to a new study by government and private sector scientists. Researchers working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that the probability of such storms along the Gulf Coast had increased by at least 40 percent since 1900and may even have doubledthanks to climate change. In August, cities and towns in the southern part of Louisiana were...
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Floods Batter Louisiana; Entergy Responds
2016-08-17 16:39:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Entergy Louisiana crews continue to work on restoring service to customers affected by the historic Louisiana flooding as water recedes in some areas. read more
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Food insecurity follows floods in Sri Lanka
2016-08-11 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Food shortages brought on by extreme weather events have resulted in almost a quarter of Sri Lanka's 21 million people becoming malnourished, says a World Food Programme (WFP) document. "The increased frequency of natural disasters such as drought and flash floods further compounds food and nutrition insecurity,' says the document, the latest WFP country brief for Sri Lanka, released in June. As per WFP's most recent Cost of Diet Analysis, almost 6.8 million (33 per cent) Sri Lankans cannot...
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