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15 bodies of Chitral flood victims recovered
2016-07-04 20:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AFP: A search operation continued for the second day on Monday in the border village of Ursoon where 29 people had died on Sunday night when a flash flood hit the village and swept away more than 50 houses. Chitral Deputy Commissioner Osama Ahmed Warraich told Dawn that the bodies of at least 15 people had so far been recovered, including 10 in Afghanistans Kunar province. The Afghan authorities handed over the bodies to the Pakistan Army at the Arandu border crossing. He said the affected people...
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Climate change makes flood more likely, more damaging, experts say
2016-07-04 06:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Charleston Gazette-Mail: National Weather Service graphic A map from the National Weather Service shows the intensity of the rains that brought floods to the region. Heavy rainstorms like those that caused last week's devasting flooding across a 12-county region of West Virginia are almost certainly made more frequent and more intense by global warming that is fueled by the buildup of greenhouse gas emissions, some of the nation's top climate science experts say. A half-dozen climate scientists from around the country...
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BASF Supports Flood Relief in Brazoria County
2016-07-01 16:06:22| Coatings World Breaking News
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200yr loss scenario flood Canada could produce insured losses of $5.7 billion
2016-06-15 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Flood is clearly the number one peril in Canada, with Swiss Re estimating that a perfect storm flood scenario would result in economic losses of $13.8 billion and insured losses of $5.7 billion. Developed using the companys new probabilistic flood model, the estimate of a 1 in 200-year flood represents almost three times the losses resulting from the flooding in southern Alberta three years ago. Residents walk through flood waters in Calgary on June 24, 2013. The report released Wednesday...
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Storm damage: two bodies recovered as Tasmania flood evacuations continue
2016-06-07 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The body of a 75-year-old woman has been recovered from her northern Tasmanian home and another body was pulled from the ocean off Sydneys eastern suburbs in search and rescue efforts following days of intense storms and flooding in eastern Australia. Major flood warnings remain in place in parts of north-western Tasmania on Monday evening, where authorities fear the overflowing South Esk river could threaten homes and businesses in Invermay and Longford. Precautionary evacuations are underway...
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