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Thousands of structures at risk in northern California wildfire
2016-07-01 18:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Thousands of structures were threatened and hundreds of people fled their homes ahead of a wildfire ravaging in a section of the Eldorado National Forest north of Sacramento, federal officials said on Friday. Firefighters have been able to carve containment lines around 12 percent of the so-called Trailhead Fire, which started on Tuesday afternoon and has grown to blacken 2,151 acres, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Jennifer Chapman said. The wildfire is moving slowly through mixed conifer...
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Flash floods kill 24 in Indonesia, thousands of homes damaged
2016-06-19 08:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flash floods and landslides killed 24 people in Indonesia's Central Java province, officials said on Sunday, forcing residents to evacuate to safer areas as torrential rains damaged thousands of homes. Rescue teams searched for 26 others who remained missing after the region, among the most densely populated parts of the country, saw heavy rainfall overnight. "Heavy rain has caused floods and landslides in 16 regencies in Central Java," Sutopo Nugroho, spokesman for the national disaster mitigation...
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Why is this 2p coin worth thousands?
2016-06-15 17:52:27| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A 'silver' two pence coin has sold for 67,500 times more than its face value.
Flooding kills dozens in Europe and Texas, displaces thousands more
2016-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Flooding across Western Europe this week has killed at least 15 people and displaced tens of thousands. That figure includes 10 dead in southern Germany, two in France, two in Romania, and one in Belgium, with more rain expected this weekend, the BBC reports. The storms have also hit Austria, the Netherlands and Poland, with officials saying climate change is likely to blame. A study released in March 2014 predicts climate-change related flooding in Europe will double by 2050, with costly damage...
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Honduras gang violence uproots thousands a month - UN
2016-06-03 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Gang violence is forcing thousands of Hondurans to leave their homes every month to seek safety in other neighbourhoods and provinces of the Central American nation, a problem that is invisible but growing, says the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR). Honduras is one of the world's deadliest nations. It is estimated there are around 23,000 gang members involved in turf wars and almost daily shoot-outs with police. The Honduran capital Tegucigalpa and the country's industrial city of San Pedro Sula...
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