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More than 400,000 Indians face flooding after Nepal landslide
2014-08-03 15:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than 400,000 people in eastern India face the risk of flooding after a landslide that killed at least nine people in neighboring Nepal, an Indian government official said on Sunday, as thousands were being evacuated. The landslide triggered by heavy rains has left scores of people missing and has created a mud dam blocking the Sunkoshi river, which runs into India's Bihar state as the Kosi river. The fear is that as Nepal tries to blast its way through the landslide to clear it, it will unleash...
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NOAA: Climate change is increasing nuisance flooding in Md
2014-07-30 20:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WBAL: Climate change and rising sea levels are affecting Maryland, and they're causing an increase in so-called nuisance flooding. According to a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Baltimore and Annapolis top the list of U.S. cities where this is happening, and researchers said the problem is only going to get worse. "Nuisance flooding is just that. It's a pain in the you-know-where. It's just enough flooding to cause a problem," said Insta-Weather PLUS meteorologist...
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US east coast hit hardest 'nuisance flooding' amid sea level rise from climate change
2014-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: The U.S. East Coast is bearing the brunt of the rise in nuisance flooding minor events that shut down roads and clog storm drains but arent particularly dangerous. Such floods have increased by more than fivefold in the past 50 years as coastal sea levels rise because of climate change, federal scientists say. Of the top 10 U.S. cities to see more nuisance flooding, eight are on the Atlantic. Maryland has suffered the most, with two cities Annapolis and Baltimore experiencing more than...
U.S. coastal flooding on the rise, government study finds
2014-07-28 19:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flooding is increasing in frequency along much of the U.S. coast, and the rate of increase is accelerating along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts, a team of federal government scientists found in a study released Monday. The study examined how often 45 tide gauges along the countrys shore exceeded National Weather Service flood thresholds across several decades. The researchers found that the frequency of flooding increased at 41 locations. Moreover, they found that the rate of increase was...
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Flooding causes sewage fallout at Exxon Mobil in Beaumont
2014-07-21 07:49:48| Energy - Topix.net
Friday's heavy rain caused sewage lines at the Exxon Mobil Refinery in Beaumont to overflow, spilling sewage into and around the refinery's property.
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