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Most of the coastal US will see over 30 days of flooding due to sea level rise
2014-12-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Most coastal regions of the United States will see 30 or more days of flooding by 2050 thanks to sea level rise, according to new research the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released Thursday. NOAA's researchers looked at the anticipated frequency of what the National Weather Service considers nuisance flooding, which are floods that are 1 to 2 feet over the regular local high tide and are enough to cause problems but not pose active threats to human life. Some areas of the U.S....
Tipping Point Nears for Emerging Flooding Crisis
2014-12-19 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Soggy times are coming for cities along both U.S. coasts and they'll be here much quicker than previously thought. By mid-century, sea level rise is set to make floods a monthly occurrence in more than two dozen major cities, and in some of those cities, it could become a daily occurrence by the 2070s. The watery findings come from a new study published Thursday and presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting. It builds on findings earlier this year from National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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Flooding could follow heavy snow western New York
2014-11-24 01:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Emergency workers filled thousands of sandbags on Sunday as the area around Buffalo, New York braced for potential flooding as warming temperatures began to melt up to seven feet (2 meters) of snow. Creeks appeared to be flowing smoothly and no flooding had been reported as the sun began to go down, county officials said. More than 775 members of the New York National Guard were in Erie County and Buffalo to help with flood prevention after days of work to clear roads and dig homes and cars...
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Western New York braces for flooding as heavy snow melts
2014-11-23 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Emergency workers filled thousands of sandbags on Sunday as the area around Buffalo, New York braced for potential flooding as warming temperatures began to melt up to seven feet (2 meters) of snow. Hundreds of members of the New York National Guard were in Erie County and Buffalo to help with flood prevention after days of work to clear roads and dig homes and cars out of the record snow from a storm that killed 13 people. The National Weather Service said roads could flood quickly from snow...
New York braces for flooding as warming trend follows epic snowstorm
2014-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Even though her street was buried under 3 feet of snow, Jean Ulrich considered herself lucky so far. The octogenarian and lifelong resident of Bowmansville, just outside Buffalo, has seen lots of snow before but never, she said, like last week. Epic lake-effect snowfall pummeled the Buffalo region, dumping about 80 inches of snow, causing at least 13 deaths and virtually shutting down highways for days with thousands of stranded cars. This weekend the snow stopped, but more weather turmoil...
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