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64 dead in Indonesia landslides as La Nina brings heavy rains
2016-06-27 21:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Last year, an extended dry season brought on by El Nino set the stage for one of the worst natural disasters Indonesia has seen, the devastating forest and peatland fires that burned an area the size of Macedonia. This year, an extra-wet dry season brought on by La Nina is bringing calamity in a different form: floods and landslides. At least 64 people were killed this month in landslides and flash floods and thousands more were displaced, the nations disaster management chief, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho,...
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Colombia coffee-growers worry over looming La Nina rains
2016-06-21 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Colombian coffee growers still dealing with the consequences of the El Nino drought are now bracing for heavy La Nina rains which could hurt the country's harvest even more, the head of the coffee federation said on Tuesday. Growers, who are finishing harvesting beans shrunk by lack of water, will soon have to contend with overly humid soil and the possible spread of the roya leaf rust disease, Roberto Velez, the head of the country's Coffee Federation, told Reuters in an interview. While a...
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This week in soft drinks & bottled water, featuring Monster's China delay, interview with Talking Rain's CEO and SodaStream consoles Keurig Kold owners
2016-06-17 16:28:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Here's a round-up of this week's top stories in the global soft drinks & bottled water categories. We also have similar round-ups for beer & cider and spirits & wine.
From Paris to Bavaria, heavy rains cause deadly floods
2016-06-03 14:12:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Torrential rains have caused deadly flooding in central and northeastern France this week, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, some on boats or kayaks, and threatening works of art stored in Pariss most celebrated museums. A man on horseback was swept away by floodwaters on Thursday and found dead in Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre, 30 miles southeast of Paris, the authorities in the Seine-et-Marne administrative department, where the town is located, said. In Germany, heavy rains claimed the lives...
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When the Rains Disappear: Drought Grips Pacific Islands
2016-05-20 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: From the vantage point of a boat bobbing on the deep blue waters of Majuro Lagoon, the encircling shores of the Pacific coral atoll are normally verdant with tropical vegetation. But on a recent sailing excursion with friends, Angela Saunders was struck by how brown and withered the island looked. "The vibrant color of all the trees was gone,' Saunders, a Majuro-based program manager with the International Organization for Migration, wrote in an email. "It was like someone put dampers on the world.'...
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