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Calgary neighbourhoods evacuated as floods hit western Canada
2013-06-21 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Water levels from heavy flooding in western Canada were expected to peak around noon on Friday, possibly forcing as many as 100,000 people from their homes, officials said. On Thursday, torrential rain and widespread flooding throughout southern Alberta forced the closure of the Trans-Canada Highway and isolated the mountain resort towns of Banff and Canmore. The flooding washed out roads and bridges, left at least one person missing and caused cars, couches and refrigerators to float away. Communities...
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Indian floods: thousands stranded in northern Himalayas
2013-06-21 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Indian air force has dropped food and medicine to assist tens of thousands of people trapped in up to 100 towns and villages cut off by monsoon rains and landslides in the northern Himalayas. Soldiers and other workers reopened dozens of roads by building makeshift bridges, accelerating the evacuation of nearly 62,000 people, said a Uttarakhand state spokesman, Amit Chandola. More than 2,000 vehicles carrying stranded Hindu pilgrims have travelled from the area since Thursday, he said....
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Electromagnetic Flowmeter Survives Floods
2013-06-18 07:44:23| oilandgasonline Downloads
When the Village of Windsor, New York replaced its mechanical flowmeter with an electromagnetic flowmeter in 2003, it was with high hopes that the newer technology would be less prone to failure and require less maintenance.
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Europe Mops Up After Floods
2013-06-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - At the beginning of the month Central and Eastern Europe experienced some of the worst floods it had ever seen, writes Chris Harris.
Europe: Floods are here to stay
2013-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Record floods in Central and Eastern Europe have highlighted some of the challenges of climate change for the continent, as well as the floods` potential to spur populist politics. An extraordinarily long winter followed by weeks of intense rains has saturated soils and caused large rivers, such as the Danube and the Elbe, to overflow. The floods have wreaked havoc in the region, killing 21 people and forcing the evacuation of several tens of thousands. In Halle, Germany, 30,000 people were...
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