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'It's going to get ugly': Midwest calls in national guard as flood disaster unfolds
2016-01-02 18:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Floods have submerged towns, roads, casinos and shopping malls around the south and midwest for more than three days, prompting governors in Illinois and Iowa to call in the national guard. Sixteen states issued flood warnings covering some eight million people. By Saturday floodwaters had begun to subside in many areas, reopening several important highways, after topping levees in the region late on Friday. But swollen rivers have yet to crest in southern states, alarming governors in Tennessee,...
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Southern states brace for flooding as overflowing Midwest rivers recede
2016-01-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Overflowing rivers were receding in Missouri and Illinois on Friday after flooding swamped communities and forced towns to evacuate, with forecasters warning that rain-swollen waterways flowing downstream could menace Southern states. At least 28 people have died in the U.S. Midwest since the weekend in rare winter floods, mostly when driving into flooded areas after storms dropped up to 12 inches (30 cm) of rain, officials said. Flooding in the Midwest usually comes in the spring as snowmelt...
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Southern states brace for flooding as overflowing Midwest rivers recede
2016-01-01 12:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Residents of southern states along the Mississippi River are bracing for the flooding that has swamped communities from the Ohio River Valley to eastern Oklahoma over the last week, causing thousands of evacuations and killing at least 31 people. Officials in Louisiana are checking levees daily, and Exxon Mobil Corp has decided to shut its 340,571 barrel-per-day refined products terminal in Memphis, Tennessee, as floodwaters threatened to inundate the facility just south of the city's downtown....
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Midwest Flooding Might Make the Oil Glut Worse
2015-12-31 03:32:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. The worst flooding across the U.S. Midwest in four years has shut some oil pipelines and terminals near St. Louis, potentially swelling a glut of crude and extending this year's price slide.
How will Midwest farmers prepare for the impact of climate change?
2015-12-24 00:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: You can bet the farm that climate change is happening and that it will change the way we approach agriculture. For example, heres the climate science forecast for Illinois 20 to 40 years from now: temperatures akin to todays mid-South and rainfall patterns comparable to present-day East Texas. That may sound OK to you right now all bundled up in blankets in the middle of winter but you might feel differently when the summers start getting toastier. And according to a study recently published...
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