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Gov. Haley: South Carolina Rainfall Is Worst in a Thousand Years
2015-10-05 15:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: "We haven't seen this level of rain in the low country in a thousand years," Gov. Nikki Haley told reporters Sunday afternoon. "That's how big this is." In just the last 12 hours before her 3 p.m. press conference, she said, there had been 754 calls for assistance and 320 collisions. At least eight people have died in the Carolinas. "It is literally changing by the minute," she said of the number of incidents and amount of rainfall. More than 20 inches of rain have fallen in parts of the...
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Flint Group completes JV agreement in South Africa
2015-10-05 07:00:00| Label and Narrow Web Breaking News
Flint Group, Continental Printing Inks and Eagle Ink Systems have combined to form a new business Flint Group Africa.
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Woodside Petroleum urges South Korea to help on Browse LNG sales, costs
2015-10-05 04:36:27| Energy - Topix.net
Woodside Petroleum is ramping up pressure on South Korea to sign up for liquefied natural gas from its proposed Browse floating project, emphasising it is in the nation's interests to see the project move ahead given the boost it would give to the economy and jobs. Senior executives at Woodside including chief executive Peter Coleman are also directly pointing to South Korea's responsibility to help reduce costs at the project given the three huge vessels to be used would be built at a South Korean shipyard.
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South Carolina governor Nikki Haley: floods are region's 'worst in 1,000 years'
2015-10-04 23:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: South Carolina governor Nikki Haley paused in efforts to cope with the record-breaking rain that hit her state over the weekend to say the resultant floods were the worst in a thousand years. This is the worst flooding in the lowcountry [the region around the South Carolina coast] for a thousand years, thats how big this is, Haley said at a Sunday afternoon press conference. Thats what South Carolina is dealing with right now. The Congaree river is at its highest level since 1936. Thats...
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Obama declares state of emergency in South Carolina over flooding: White House
2015-10-03 21:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama on Saturday declared a state of emergency in South Carolina after severe storms caused widespread flooding, the White House said in a statement. Obama ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts, and he authorized federal agencies to coordinate disaster relief efforts, the statement said.
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