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Mexicos Double Storms Leave 115 Dead, 68 Missing
2013-09-24 02:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Two hurricanes which struck Mexico last week have claimed the lives of 115 people as rescuers continue to search for 68 others believed to have died in a massive landslide in a remote coffee-growing village. A 16-person emergency response and rescue team from the Mexican army is leading the search for victims of the slide in the village of La Pintada two hours drive north of Acapulco. Five bodies were found on Sunday. Hurricanes Ingrid and Manuel made landfall on opposite coasts within a day...
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Mexico to revise 2014 budget after storms, death toll around 115
2013-09-23 01:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Mexico's Congress will revise its proposed 2014 budget in the wake of some of the worst storm damage in decades, President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Sunday as the death toll from widespread flooding and mudslides rose to some 115. The government earlier this month said it aimed to run a budget deficit this year and next as it forges ahead with spending on infrastructure. It must now find additional funds to repair roads and infrastructure hammered by the storms. Pena Nieto said Mexico's Congress...
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Mexico scours for dozens missing amid floods as storms abate
2013-09-21 08:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rescuers cleared mud from shattered houses on Friday, searching for dozens of people missing after a mudslide flattened their village in southwest Mexico as some of the most destructive storms to hit the country in decades abated. Dozens of homes in La Pintada, a village about 60 miles from the beach resort of Acapulco, were swallowed up by a mudslide touched off by heavy rain and flooding at the weekend that has killed at least 100 people across Mexico and forced thousands of people to abandon...
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After the storms, a different opinion on climate change
2013-09-19 06:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurekAlert: Extreme weather may lead people to think more seriously about climate change, according to new research. In the wake of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy, New Jersey residents were more likely to show support for a politician running on a "green" platform, and expressed a greater belief that climate change is caused by human activity. This research, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that traumatic weather events may have the power to...
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JCP&L and IBEW Local 102 Begin Training Sessions for New Program to Enhance Response to Storms
2013-09-18 22:25:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Jersey Central Power & Light has started damage assessment and public safety training for members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 102 as part of an innovative new program expected to help speed the service restoration process following a severe storm or other major event. read more
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