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Top Indian politician ridiculed over deadly floods billboard
2015-12-06 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A powerful Indian politician was ridiculed on Sunday over her role in deadly floods that have swept through her southern Tamil Nadu state, as frustration mounts over the disaster. Thousands of residents have been rescued in Tamil Nadu since record rains last week worsened flooding that has claimed nearly 300 lives across the state since November 9. The international airport in the state capital Chennai reopened on Sunday days after most of the city of more than four million was left underwater,...
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A tale of two cities: similar story of Mumbai & Chennai floods
2015-12-05 17:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Express: It took all of 24 hours in a single day in July for a cloudburst that spurted 944 mm of rain on Mumbais suburbs for the financial capital of India to be brought down to its knees. The deluge and its aftermath landslides and outbreak of diseases claimed 698 lives. The casualty list also included 24,000 animal carcasses, 20,000 damaged cars, 2,500 buses and more than 1 lakh houses. Chennai, 2015: Ten years later, another coastal city, Chennai, is plummeted by incessant rains and the death toll...
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Chennai International Airport in India closed due to floods
2015-12-04 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has closed the inundated Chennai International Airport due to severe floods in the South Indian city.
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NYT: Chinese Cash Floods US Real Estate Market
2015-11-30 19:45:24| Real Estate - Topix.net
Chinese property buyers are flooding the U.S. with cash as they seek investments that are more stable than the volatile stock markets of Shanghai and Hong Kong. Chinese buyers spent $28.6 billion on American homes in the year ended in March, more than double their purchases two years before, according to the New York Times , which cites data from the National Association of Realtors.
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Rural area rebounds from floods and layoffs
2015-11-30 13:15:56| Paper - Topix.net
When you are a small engineering services firm headquartered in a small city, the news that your primary customer is closing down is likely to be a devastating blow. Highground Services Inc., however, fought back and has actually flourished in the six years since International Paper announced it was shuttering its Franklin mill and laying off 1,100 workers.
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