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Southern states brace for flooding as overflowing Midwest rivers recede
2016-01-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Overflowing rivers were receding in Missouri and Illinois on Friday after flooding swamped communities and forced towns to evacuate, with forecasters warning that rain-swollen waterways flowing downstream could menace Southern states. At least 28 people have died in the U.S. Midwest since the weekend in rare winter floods, mostly when driving into flooded areas after storms dropped up to 12 inches (30 cm) of rain, officials said. Flooding in the Midwest usually comes in the spring as snowmelt...
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Southern states brace for flooding as overflowing Midwest rivers recede
2016-01-01 12:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Residents of southern states along the Mississippi River are bracing for the flooding that has swamped communities from the Ohio River Valley to eastern Oklahoma over the last week, causing thousands of evacuations and killing at least 31 people. Officials in Louisiana are checking levees daily, and Exxon Mobil Corp has decided to shut its 340,571 barrel-per-day refined products terminal in Memphis, Tennessee, as floodwaters threatened to inundate the facility just south of the city's downtown....
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Midwest Flooding Might Make the Oil Glut Worse
2015-12-31 03:32:46| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. The worst flooding across the U.S. Midwest in four years has shut some oil pipelines and terminals near St. Louis, potentially swelling a glut of crude and extending this year's price slide.
Weekend storm causes flooding in Pushmataha Co.
2015-12-31 00:17:54| Food - Topix.net
All the residences were located near the Kiamichi River which swelled during the storm and caused water to pool in the homes.
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British Army Is Deployed as Flooding Submerges Northern England
2015-12-27 18:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The British Army stepped in on Sunday to help evacuate hundreds of people from waterlogged homes across the country, as swollen rivers and heavy rainfall brought misery to parts of the north and unleashed a spate of political recriminations. Accustomed to heavy rainfall, Britain has been hit several times by flooding recently, but the effects of the latest episode have spread beyond rural areas, leaving parts of York, Leeds and Manchester submerged. Threatened by its two rising rivers, York...
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