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Grey-Bruce And Parry Sound-Muskoka-Area Flooding: Water And Electricity Are A Lethal Mix!
2016-04-15 04:19:56| econline Home Page
With the significant flooding expected or already occurring in some areas including the Grey-Bruce andParry Sound-Muskoka regions, the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) is reminding Ontarians that there is a heightened risk of electric shock when water makes contact with electrical systems that could result in serious injury or death
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Climate Change + Population Growth + Economic Expansion = More Severe Flooding
2016-04-06 19:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Already the most destructive and deadly of all natural disasters, science tells us that flooding events will increase in frequency and intensity with climate change. Meanwhile population pressures will continue to see more and more building in low-lying coastal areas and flood plains. Investment in adequate defenses will need to grow massively to protect against this advancing threat. The engineering challenge comes when excess water, usually from too much rainfall or melting snow, flows where...
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China braces for 'severe' flooding on Yangtze River
2016-04-02 06:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Severe floods are expected on China's Yangtze River this year due to a strong El Nino weather pattern, state media said, raising the risk of deaths and damage to property and crops along the country's longest waterway. The El Nino conditions are the strongest since records collection began in 1951, and resemble a 1998 weather pattern that flooded the river and killed thousands, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday, citing vice minister of water resources, Liu Ning. "Precipitation in the...
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KCS experiences service disruptions due to heavy rainfall, severe flooding
2016-03-15 16:07:56| Railroads - Topix.net
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Southern announced today that The Kansas City Southern Railway Company network is experiencing service disruptions in east Texas and significant portions of Louisiana, due to heavy rainfall and severe flooding.
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Plant some trees to save a town from flooding? Not a bad idea
2016-03-12 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Walk through Keswick, Cockermouth and many other provincial towns and you experience a dislocating feeling that they are out on parole. The apparent solidity of their homes and businesses is transient. The next storm howling in from the Atlantic will send the waters pouring through them again. Floods are no longer freak events but expected inundations. You count yourself lucky in Cumbria if winter passes and you stay dry; as you do in the Thames and Severn valleys, and along the east coast and...
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