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Freak weather 'will make life harder for business'

2019-03-01 23:03:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Experts warn many firms are unprepared for a less predictable climate after winter temperatures hit record highs.

Self-Driving Uber Hits Pedestrian, People Freak Out

2018-03-19 20:13:24| Extremetech

Terms like "self-driving" and "driverless" litter the headlines about the recent Uber crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona. But they are premature until we actually know what happened. The post Self-Driving Uber Hits Pedestrian, People Freak Out appeared first on ExtremeTech.

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Macedonia storm At least 20 die overnight in freak deluge

2016-08-07 08:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: At least 20 people have died as storms caused Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, to flood. Their bodies were found before 8:30 (06:30 GMT) on Sunday, an official said. Six people are still missing. Some of the victims drowned in their cars. Parts of the city"s ring road have been swept away in the floods, dragging cars into nearby fields. Three-and-a-half inches (93mm) of rain fell in Skopje in the storm -- more than the average for the whole of August. The Mayor of Skopje, Kove Trajanovski,...

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Going rogue: predicting freak waves

2016-06-01 01:00:00| Ship Technology

Once dismissed as folklore, rogue waves have been a key topic of scientific enquiry for the past 20 years. But are we any closer to knowing the causes, or better still to predicting when they might occur? Abi Millar finds out.

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