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Flood simple: the UK flooding crisis explained
2014-02-13 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The only way now into the heart of the village of Moorland on the Somerset Levels, the epicentre of the unprecedented battering Britain is taking from the elements, is in an amphibious vehicle or on a tractor trailer. Mark and Kate Kirby were using the tractor trailer method to take another look at their four-bedroomed semi, which had never flooded in its 150-year history, but is now waist-deep in water. Its got worse, said Mr Kirby, a wholesale fruit and veg supplier after his latest trip...
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Mozambique: Flooding Threatens Beira-Zimbabwe Road
2014-02-13 07:04:49| Sugar Industry News
Maputo Mozambique's Central Regional Water Board (ARA-Centro) on Tuesday warned that the road from the port of Beira to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi could be flooded by the rising waters of the Pungue river.
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United Kingdom: Sir Ian Cheshire: London at risk of catastrophic flooding
2014-02-12 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The centre of London is at risk from catastrophic flooding that would make Hurricane Sandy's impact on New York pale in comparison, one of the UK's most senior businessmen has warned. Sir Ian Cheshire, chief executive of multinational DIY company Kingfisher, which owns B&Q, has called for the creation of a national flood plan and said that responsibilities for water management are currently scattered among too many departments at national and local government level. Cheshire, who led a government...
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Coastal flooding could cost $100 billion year by 2100
2014-02-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: If the current state of affairs were to continue as usual - if global warming continues on its current path and no significant measures are taken to adapt - the impact of sea level rise on life as we know it would be unimaginably severe. If you can imagine a number this high, researchers put the cost of coastal flood damage in the hundred trillions, or about 9 percent of global GDP, by the end of the century. Currently, flood and storm surge damage costs the world about $10 billion to $40 billion...
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Insurers count the cost of flooding
2014-02-11 21:05:02| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Despite the widespread flooding damage, the BBC's chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym says that the insurance costs may not be as high as in previous floods.
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