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Colorado Flooding: Did Climate Change Play A Role In Recent Disaster?
2013-09-14 09:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The Boulder, Colo. area is reeling after being inundated by record rainfall, with more than half a years worth of rain falling over the past three days. During those three days, 24-hour rainfall totals of between 8 and 10 inches across much of the Boulder area were enough to qualify this storm as a 1 in 1,000 year event, meaning that it has a 0.1 percent chance of occurring in a given year. At least four people have been confirmed dead so far, and thousands have been evacuated from their homes...
Colorados Historic Flooding Claims Four Lives
2013-09-14 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Four people have died and at least 80 others are unaccounted for today as heavy rain adds to the flood waters that have forced the evacuation of some areas of Boulder and several nearby towns. The National Weather Service said Boulder has had 13.55 inches of rain since the storm began. Torrential rain and flooding is affecting a 150-mile stretch of the state`s Front Range. Boulder officials today found the body of a woman who was washed away; Thursday they recovered the body of her male companion....
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Three dead, thousands evacuated in Colorado flooding
2013-09-13 04:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flooding that killed at least three people in Colorado, toppling buildings and stranding drivers, worsened overnight as record rains pounded the state, forcing thousands more residents to flee to higher ground, officials said. The unusual late-summer downpours drenched Colorado's biggest urban centers, stretching 130 miles along the eastern slopes of the Rockies from Fort Collins near the Wyoming border south through Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs. In Boulder, the rainfall record for...
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Obama approves federal disaster aid for flooding in Boulder County, Colorado
2013-09-12 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Camera: President Barack Obama signed an emergency order Thursday night, approving federal disaster aid for Boulder County after torrential rainfall prompted 100-year flooding that has, so far, resulted in two confirmed deaths, at least nine more missing and National Guard rescue efforts. Continued flooding caused dozens more evacuations throughout the county, power outages and the closure of U.S. 36 on Thursday. Parts of most major roads in Boulder were also closed. Walls of water coming down canyons...
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Electrical safety tips for when flooding and stormy weather hit
2013-09-10 19:12:48| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Electrical Equipment - impacted by flood water could be unsafe, this includes the main breaker.
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