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Quirky Winds Fuel Brazil's Devastating Drought, Amazon's Flooding
2015-02-26 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: In So Paulo, Brazil, which is suffering its worst drought in almost a century, Maria de Fátima dos Santos has lived for days at a time with no water, relying on what she had carefully hoarded in bottles. But in the Bolivian Amazon, about 1,800 miles (2,897 kilometers) away, Nicolás Cartagena recalls the day almost a year ago when floodwaters rose to the thatched rooftops of Indian communities, destroying crops and washing away homes. The drought in South America's biggest city and the flooding...
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Catastrophic flooding is getting worse and we're woefully unprepared
2015-02-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: The Midwest is no stranger to devastating floods. Last summer, the region was inundated with two month's worth of rainfall in just one week, submerging farms and killing crops. Torrential downpours following a drought in Illinois in 2013 led to flooding that cost $1 billion. And Midwest flooding in 2008 caused 24 deaths and $15 billion in losses. Across the country, the United States has suffered from more than $260 billion in flood-related damages between 1980 and 2013--it's the most common natural...
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Va. Senate rejects study of energy fee to fight flooding
2015-02-09 23:47:28| Waste Management - Topix.net
It would have directed the state Department of Environmental Quality to study whether Virginia should join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which sets limits on emissions from power plants and charges for the right to emit. DEQ would have reported back to the General Assembly on the advantages and disadvantages and the success of other states, Lewis said.
Operations at New Zealand's Queenstown Airport resume following runway flooding
2015-02-09 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Flights operating to and from New Zealand's Queenstown Airport have resumed after surface flooding temporarily suspended services during the early hours on 9 February.
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Indian Steelmakers Poised to Cut Prices on Flooding Imports
2015-02-03 11:12:04| Steel - Topix.net
Prices of hot-rolled steel, used to produce sheets, wheels, pipes and railway tracks, may fall by more than 4 percent this month to 32,500 rupees a metric ton, according to the average of six estimates compiled by Bloomberg from industry executives, government officials and analysts. Prices may not recover for a couple of quarters, unless the government acts to curb imports, they said.
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