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Mexico could be hit by more storms, warn weather forecasters

2013-09-18 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: With much of Mexico still reeling from the death, destruction and chaos caused by the impact of two tropical weather systems two days ago, forecasters are warning of more storms ahead. Tens of thousands of holidaymakers remain trapped in the resort city of Acapulco, so far the most visible victims of tropical storm Manuel that came in from the west on Monday, their frustration increasingly obvious in the long queues to get on the waiting lists for flights out of the city organised by the army...

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Amid another round of storms, Colorado rescues and reunions emerge

2013-09-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Denver Post: Raging floodwaters, powered by yet another round of thunderstorms, washed from the foothills onto the Eastern Plains on Saturday, but choppers churned through the unsettled weather bringing tales of rescue and reunion. Still, hundreds of residents remained unaccounted for, primarily in rain-ravaged areas of northern Colorado, though authorities emphasized that could mean some simply remained stranded with no way to notify friends or relatives. But evacuees filtered to centers across the region...

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Higher sea levels mean more flood damage from storms like Isabel, experts say

2013-09-15 15:36:22| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Times-Dispatch: Whether or not climate change leads to an increase in big hurricanes, one destructive effect of global warming is already at work in coastal Virginia -- rising sea levels. As sea levels go up, flooding from even low-level storms will become more destructive, scientists say. At times I think we get too locked in on the strongest storms, the Category 3, 4 and 5s, said Marshall Shepherd, a University of Georgia atmospheric scientist. But if you look at the last five or 10 years, even the weaker...

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