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California wildfire that has injured 12 nearly contained
2013-08-12 06:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wind-driven wildfire was nearing full containment on Sunday after raging for five days through brush east of Los Angeles, injuring 11 firefighters and one civilian, state fire officials said. The so-called Silver Fire erupted south of the Riverside County town of Banning and by Sunday evening had charred some 20,292 acres in the San Jacinto Mountains, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. Two of the firefighters suffered minor injuries on Sunday and the other injuries...
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Thunder, hail and lightning: Heavy storms mark climax of longest heatwave for nearly 40 years
2013-07-23 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A fortnight's rain fell overnight in parts of Britain, bringing a stormy end to the country's longest heatwave in seven years. The thunder, lightning and hail that broke the sunny spells on Monday night will last intermittently throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, coupled with torrential rain and the risk of flash floods, weather experts warned. Pershore in Worcestershire recorded the highest rainfall last night with more than an inch (25.8mm) falling - half the area's 50mm average total for the...
Thunder, hail and lightning: Heavy storms interrupt peak of longest heatwave in nearly four decades
2013-07-23 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: It was a stormy end to Britain's three week heat-wave as thunderstorms and lightening marked the end of the hottest temperatures in seven years, weather experts have said. Thunder, lightning and hail broke the sunny spells on Monday night and will last intermittently throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, coupled with torrential rain and the risk of flash floods. The sunnier climate provided the nation with weeks of scorching temperatures, peaking yesterday at 33.5C in London - the hottest day since...
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Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Still Spilling After Nearly a Decade
2013-06-04 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The 2013 hurricane season is now upon us, and it`s predicted to be a doozy this year. Which got us to thinking ... Remember that strange, persistent little oil slick about 12 miles offshore that SkyTruth discovered on satellite imagery during the BP oil spill in 2010, that was not related to BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster? Remember how SouthWings flew photographer J. Henry Fair out there and came across a deepwater drill rig with a miles-long oil slick next to it? When we published this, an...
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Is real estate really on the mend in Florida? Nearly a fifth of...
2013-02-17 10:26:37| Real Estate - Topix.net
Given the improvement in local and state residential real estate demonstrated by last week's 2012 Florida Realtors statistics, there's a lot of positive buzz, and possibly a bit of wishful thinking taking place among would-be sellers, Realtors, mortgage brokers, appraisers, developers and contractors.