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Angola 'in denial' over impact of severe drought
2013-10-22 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Angolan government has been accused of being in denial over a drought that has affected 1.8 million people because the crisis threatens to tarnish the country's image as a booming economy. Children as young as nine are digging wells to fetch water, amid a severe drought in southern regions of Angola that has forced people to use unclean water for consumption and cooking, according to the UN. Neighbouring Namibia, which has also been badly affected, has declared a drought emergency and appealed...
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Oracle plugs severe security holes that put systems at hijack risk
2013-10-16 15:47:58| InfoWorld: Top News
Oracle on Tuesday fixed 127 security issues in Java, its database, and other products, patching some flaws that could let attackers take over systems. This is the first time Oracle has included Java in its quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU), as part of the company's previously announced plan to increase the frequency of Java security releases from one every four months to one every three months.
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CHILE: Severe frost decimates vineyards - report
2013-10-04 16:36:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Wine regions in central Chile have been severely affected by the country's worst period of Spring frost for 84 years, with a state of emergency being declared in the region, according to reports.
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Are Sierra Nevada forest fires getting more severe?
2013-10-02 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: A new scientific study finds that fire severity is not increasing in the forests of California's Sierra Nevada. The findings are contrary to claims by those who have tried to use recent fires in the region to justify more logging in the state's forests. The study, by Dr. Chad Hanson of the John Muir Project, and Dr. Dennis Odion of the Earth Research Institute at University of California, Santa Barbara, was published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire. It found no trend of increasing...
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News Advisory: CANCELLED: Sunday Parkways cancelled Sept. 29 due to severe weather forecast
2013-09-27 23:13:07| PortlandOnline
The Portland Bureau of Transportation announced today that the last Sunday Parkways of the season is cancelled due to a severe weather forecast for the Portland metropolitan area. High winds and heavy rain are forecast for this Sunday, September 29.
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