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Death toll from South Carolina floods rises to 14
2015-10-06 18:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fourteen people have died amid historic rainfall in South Carolina, the state's governor said on Tuesday, as residents grappled with the damage wrought by flooding on their homes, roads and water supply. Predictions of sunny skies in coming days provided only small comfort, as more than 800 people remained in shelters after floodwaters forced them from their homes. Officials said more evacuations were likely as several rivers remained above flood stage and dams were being monitored for breaches....
What the historic South Carolina floods can - and cant - tell us about climate change
2015-10-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In 2013, after some controversy, South Carolinas Department of Natural Resources released a report on risks the state could face due to climate change. One of those risks? A predicted result of climate change is the increase in intense storm events causing greater water inputs in shorter periods of time, affecting flood frequency and duration, the report noted. Now, with an unfathomable amount of flooding hitting the state, its easy to wonder if this is precisely the sort of event that South...
South Carolina floods: Death toll rises to 10 in unrelenting storm
2015-10-06 15:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: The death toll rose to 10, and millions of South Carolinians remained homebound Monday as state emergency officials grappled with catastrophic flooding following days of historic rains. Authorities also reported two storm-related deaths in North Carolina. The rain was finally ending late Monday, and sunshine was forecast for Tuesday. But South Carolina remained bloated with floodwaters leaving devastation in their wake. President Obama declared a major disaster for the state and ordered federal...
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US: BMW deals with disastrous flood, still producing at South Carolina factory
2015-10-06 12:25:37| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
German luxury automaker BMW AG and its South Carolina auto dealers are currently adjusting to the weather conditions in the state, where at least two feet of rain have poured during the past three-four days. The catastrophic flooding in some parts of the state - for example in Columbia, S.C., where the Congaree River jumped 10 feet in just 12 hours according to reports - has impacted the rail transfer of completed BMW vehicles that were headed towards the Port of Charleston, with 70 percent of the assembly facility's output headed towards export.
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South Carolina Braces for More Flooding as Rain Persists
2015-10-05 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: South Carolina emergency officials warned that flooding would continue Monday in more than half of the state, as rescue crews continued to extricate residents from inundated neighborhoods. Many other residents navigated a state in disarray, with broken waterlines, impassable roads and thousands of power failures. An unrelenting storm system partly fed by moisture from Hurricane Joaquin has been pounding the state since Thursday. Gov. Nikki R. Haley on Sunday called the resultant flooding an incident...
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