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Canadian Pacific Profit Falls Short of Estimates After Floods
2013-07-24 15:58:35| Railroads - Topix.net
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. reported second-quarter profit that trailed analysts' estimates after network interruptions due to floods curtailed revenue growth.
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Worse floods ahead for UK as climate warms, say scientists
2013-07-24 14:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Heavy and prolonged rainfall will cause both more frequent and more severe flooding across the UK and the rest of north-west Europe as the atmosphere continues to warm, say British and American scientists The study of these "atmospheric rivers", published in Environmental Research Letters, pins the blame for the increasing flood risk firmly on man-made climate change and says the same problem will afflict other parts of the planet. The researchers describe how atmospheric rivers carry vast...
More heat, drought and floods in 2013
2013-07-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Global average temperatures in June were the fifth highest on record, as above-average heat conditions continued a multidecade streak, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported yesterday. June marked the 340th consecutive month -- a span of time more than 28 years -- that global temperatures surged above the 20th century average, according to the agency. "The last below-average June temperature was June 1976 and the last below-average temperature for any month was February 1985,"...
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Thousands presumed dead after India floods
2013-07-16 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: More than 5,700 people missing since floods devastated northern India last month are presumed dead, officials have said, as rescuers struggled to bring aid to affected villages. Vijay Bahuguna, chief minister of the state of Uttarakhand, said the government would give 500,000 rupees (6,000) to the families of each victim who may have perished in the floods and landslides that hit the Himalayan region in June. The state declared those missing for the past month presumed dead so it could compensate...
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India says nearly 6,000 missing a month after devastating floods
2013-07-15 13:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India officially declared on Monday that nearly 6,000 people were missing a month after flash floods ravaged large parts of its northern state of Uttarakhand, but stopped short of saying they were presumed dead. The figure of 5,748, based on tallies of missing persons from around the country, was the first official estimate following weeks in which the numbers of dead and missing fluctuated wildly from a few hundred to several thousand. Their families will now be eligible for financial relief,...
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