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Wesfarmers cuts coal sale outlook after Australia floods
2013-01-30 10:10:22| Agriculture - Topix.net
Australian mining-to-retail conglomerate Wesfarmers on Wednesday cut its full-year coal sales forecast, citing flooding in Australia and weak demand in Asia that is depressing sales prices.
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Pakistan, UN seek to cut risk of glacial lake floods
2013-01-28 14:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Abdul Jabbar was in his house in the Bindu Gol valley of Pakistan's northern Chitral district when a glacial lake burst through the ridge holding it back high above. "We felt the ground shaking and heard the roar of the water, and we ran out of our homes,' he said. The 2010 flood destroyed a few dwellings in his village of Drongagh, as well as many orchards, cultivated fields and water channels. "One person died in Shogram village when she chased after her livestock and was swept away by the water,'...
Floods hit UK, with worse weather on the way
2013-01-27 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Homes were flooded, motorists stranded and travel disrupted as pelting rain combined with melted snow to cause problems across parts of the UK over the weekend but much more severe weather could be on the way. The worst of the flooding over the weekend was to be found in parts of the south-west of England, the Midlands, East Anglia and Wales, where hundreds of flood warnings and alerts were put in place. However, harder rain, plus some gale force winds, are on the way, raising concerns that...
Philippines: Duterte blames West, China for climate change, floods in Davao City
2013-01-27 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inquirer: Dont blame poor Filipinos for whats wrong with the weather, Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said as he lashed at critics who blamed illegal logging for the worst flooding that inundated some areas in Davao in water for the whole week. Every time theres something wrong with the weather, you start to crucify the Filipinos, when we dont have a significant contribution to what ails the weather. We contribute the least to global warming, blame the Western world, blame the US and China, Duterte said,...
United Kingdom: Heavy rain and melting snow expected to cause floods
2013-01-24 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Heavy rain combined with melting snow is likely to cause flooding in parts of the UK at the weekend, the Met Office has warned. Up to 40mm of rain is predicted to fall on hills in the west of Britain just as snow that has accumulated over the past week thaws. The Met Office said a final fall of snow was expected to hit parts of Scotland, Wales and England on Friday. It said snow would reach areas of Scotland during the morning and spread through other parts of Britain, reaching eastern England...
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