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Torrential rains prompt flood warnings in Midwest
2013-06-27 01:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Torrential rains slammed Illinois and other Midwest states on Wednesday, triggering flash flood warnings and causing flight cancellations, commuter train delays and road closings. Up to 5 inches of rain fell in some places and the National Weather Service warned residents in the region to brace for more downpours and possibly severe thunderstorms Wednesday night. The weather service issued multiple flash flood and flood warnings for counties in northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana and southeastern...
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Rains cause flooding at University of Wisconsin-Stout
2013-06-25 16:41:00| American School & University
Science wing of Jarvis Hall is closed after basement is inundated with 83,000 gallons of water Schoolhouse Beat read more
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Enbridge shuts all pipelines in Alberta area as precaution after Line 37 spill; rains potential cause
2013-06-23 18:30:15| Green Car Congress
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Earth sciences secretary blames Uttarakhand rains on climate change
2013-06-22 02:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: The catastrophic rainfall in Uttarakhand was most likely a climate change event as it is in keeping with a pattern of increasing incidents of extreme weather events that often cause phenomenal damage as was seen in the hill state, earth sciences secretary Shailesh Nayak said. Nayak told TOI on Friday that although "direct evidence" was lacking, the cloudburst that triggered flash floods in Uttarakhand read like a weather phenomenon brought about by warming. "Extreme weather is becoming more common,...
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Monsoon rains cover India early, boost crop hopes
2013-06-17 02:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India's monsoon rains have covered the entire country a month ahead of the normal schedule, increasing the prospects for a bumper output for summer-sown crops such as rice, oilseeds and cotton in one of the world's leading producers. The rains usually cover all of India by mid-July, but this year it happened on June 16, said a senior official at the India Meteorological Department, who did not want to be named. The rains are crucial for farm output and economic growth as about 55 percent of the...
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