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Wildfires kill three people on Portugal's Madeira, 1,000 evacuated
2016-08-10 11:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: At least three people died and more than a thousand were evacuated on the Portuguese island of Madeira when forest fires, raging for a third day, spread to the regional capital and tourist destination, Funchal, authorities said on Wednesday. Set off in a summer heatwave and fanned by strong winds, the fires have destroyed about 40 homes and a five-star hotel in the hills above Funchal. On mainland Portugal, thousands of firefighters were still struggling to control hundreds of forest fires...
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Nearly half a million people evacuated as tropical storm hits China
2016-07-09 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DW: Nearly half a million people evacuated as tropical storm hits China Typhoon Nepartak made landfall in China as a strong tropical storm. It had lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rains a day earlier. Typhoon Nepartak hit the city of Shishi in Fujian province at 1:45 p.m. local time (0545 UTC) in the municipality of Quanzhou, with winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour (55 mph). More than 422,000 people had to be evacuated, according to China's official Xinhua news agency. It was,...
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Hundreds evacuated in Detroit suburb after gas explosion
2016-07-02 17:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of people were briefly evacuated from their homes in the Michigan town of Melvindale on Saturday morning after a car hit a natural gas main at a DTE Energy (DTE.N) facility and caused an explosion and fire, police said. The evacuations were a precaution in case the fire affected natural gas pipelines or underground wires. No one was hurt except for the driver of the car, and residents were allowed to return home a few hours after the fire was put out, police said. Local television showed...
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Thousands evacuated from flood-hit areas of France, Germany, Belgium
2016-06-03 04:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bing: Following several days of torrential rain and flooding across Europe, thousands of people have been evacuated from France, Germany and Belgium after riverbanks began flooding, causing heavy damage to property and killing at least ten people across the region. While River Seine and its tributaries, that run through Paris overflowed on either side blocking roads and railway racks across Paris, Germany's Bavaria state reported deaths of five people as floods swept through the Simbach am Inn and Triftern...
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8,000 oil workers evacuated from Fort McMurray fire. Again
2016-05-17 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Two weeks after it began, the Fort McMurray wildfire is continuing to burn out of control. On Monday, winds shifted and sent the fire in the direction of oil sands facilities. As many as 8,000 of the oil workers who`d been working to restart oil production were evacuated after the wildfire - which the media has nicknamed "the Beast" - jumped a critical firebreak late on Monday, moving at a rate of more than 100 feet per minute. The evacuations will prolong a shutdown of oil sands operations, which...
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