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Why is it so hard to work out the cost of flooding?
2014-02-17 13:16:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Why is it hard to work out the cost of flooding?
UK storms & flooding set back rail repairs
2014-02-17 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Weekend storms have caused further damage to the railways and set back repair schedules, but engineers have restored many of the train services most disrupted by floods on the Great Western main line. Despite the severe weather abating, rising groundwater has caused fresh problems, with a tunnel blocked by water on the main London to Brighton line. Network Rail said water levels in the tunnel at Patcham were 48.1 metres (157ft) above average, leaving tracks more than 1 metre under water. Rail...
UK weather: changing jet stream linked to flooding crisis
2014-02-17 12:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The system of winds that is responsible for bringing weather to Northern Europe and North America may be changing, new research has found. A study suggests that the jet stream, a high-speed air current that carries weather around the globe, is taking a longer, more meandering route than usual. This means that weather patterns will remain the same in some areas for longer periods. If accurate, these findings could explain the recent stormy spell that has brought devastating flooding to many...
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United Kingdom: Miliband wades into climate change and flooding row
2014-02-17 11:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Labour leader Ed Miliband has made his boldest intervention to date in the long-running debate over the UK's climate policy, warning that floods have highlighted how the UK risks "sleepwalking into a national security crisis on climate change". In an interview with the Observer newspaper, conducted while he toured flood hit areas last week, Miliband argued that the country's political class urgently needs to rebuild the political consensus on climate policy that held sway in the run up to the...
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United Kingdom: Ed Miliband exploiting flooding crisis to score political points, says No 10
2014-02-16 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Ed Miliband has been accused by Downing Street of trying to score "political points' from the flooding crisis after claiming that climate change has become a "national security issue'. In an interview with The Observer, the Labour leader linked flooding to climate change and warned that it has the potential to destroy homes, businesses and livelihoods in Britain. He criticised David Cameron for appearing to backtrack on his commitment to the environmental cause in the face of scepticism within...
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