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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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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...
Flash floods kill 24 in Indonesia, thousands of homes damaged
2016-06-19 08:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flash floods and landslides killed 24 people in Indonesia's Central Java province, officials said on Sunday, forcing residents to evacuate to safer areas as torrential rains damaged thousands of homes. Rescue teams searched for 26 others who remained missing after the region, among the most densely populated parts of the country, saw heavy rainfall overnight. "Heavy rain has caused floods and landslides in 16 regencies in Central Java," Sutopo Nugroho, spokesman for the national disaster mitigation...
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Increase Alertness About Possible Floods, Landslides
2016-06-18 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Antara: The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has instructed its regional branch offices (BPBD) to stay even more alert in anticipation of possible floods and landslides following signs of climate change impact. "BNPB has instructed all BPBDs whose areas may receive major rainfall to be more alert about floods, landslides and whirlwinds," Head of the Data and Information Center of the BNPB, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said on Saturday. He added that the BPBDs should pay attention to the maps of the...
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Tasmanian farmers demand climate change action after floods ruin farms
2016-06-14 15:06:44| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC Australia: Damian Atkins on the banks of the Mersey River, among the debris left behind by floodwaters. (Laura Poole) Related Story: Did climate change influence the weekend's storms? Map: Mole Creek 7304 Some flood-affected Tasmanian farmers want to see more action on climate change, a topic which has received little debate during the election campaign. Cropping, dairy, livestock and horticultural producers farming on waterways across north and west Tasmanian have watched their hard work wash away during...
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