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Looming flood insurance rate hikes worry Galveston
2013-11-04 00:49:28| Real Estate - Topix.net
The threat of looming flood insurance hikes has many in Galveston worried that they may be forced off the Gulf Coast.
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Halloween storms flood Texas on tear across USA
2013-11-01 20:39:28| Telecom - Topix.net
Severe storms delivered a scary Halloween across the nation's midsection Thursday as torrential rains flooded Central Texas and triggered tornado watches in several states.
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Costumed Kids Flood UVA Lawn to Trick or Treat
2013-11-01 02:13:35| Chemicals - Topix.net
To mark the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination, the Charlottesville Albemarle Historical Society set up an exhibit featuring copies of the Daily Progress from the day of the tragedy.
In Sandy's Wake, FEMA Re-Examines Flood Insurance Rates
2013-10-30 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: When Sandy blew into East Coast communities a year ago, it was flooding that did the most damage. That's in part because the average sea level has risen over the past century - about a foot along the mid-Atlantic coast. That made it easier for the storm to push the ocean onto the land. And scientists say there will be many more Sandy-style storms - that is, torrential rain and wind that create heavy coastal flooding - and they'll be more frequent than in the past. But preparing people for that...
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Major coastal cities face billions in flood losses
2013-10-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Aljazeera: Flood protections are easily misunderstood: A 100-year flood is not one that occurs once every 100 years, but instead one that has a 1 percent chance of occurring in a single year. Most U.S. cities have protections for 100-year flood events but some, like Houston, are only prepared for a 50-year flood. But as seas rise and more intense weather events become more frequent, floods are expected to become more destructive. According to a recent study published in the scientific journal Nature Climate...
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