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In U.S. sunbelt, economic tides roll in on the real-estate deal of a lifetime
2014-02-09 21:27:48| Real Estate - Topix.net
Florida real-estate agent Sandy Yacker looks at the state intracoastal waterway in Boca Raton, Fla.
Should coastal Britain surrender to tides?
2014-02-07 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Before the coast became our national park and playground, we once feared the sea. It was where "beauty, horror and immensity united", as the Romantics might put it. This phrase sprang to mind watching the church tower of Porthleven cowering behind terrifying blasts of spray this week, and seeing a section of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's South Devon railway, the engineering marvel that snakes along the south coast, reduced to something like a rope bridge at Dawlish. Those whose homes have been wrecked...
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United Kingdom: High tides and strong winds prompt flood warning for 1,000 miles of coast
2014-01-31 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Residents along more than 1,000 miles of the British coastline were warned to expect serious flooding this weekend as high tides coincided with 60mph winds and a heavy Atlantic swell to create a possible storm surge. The Environment Agency issued nine severe flood warnings meaning danger to life for the whole of the Cornish coast, parts of Devon and villages on the River Severn in Gloucestershire. Natural Resources Wales said the whole of the Welsh coastline could be hit by storms as bad...
United Kingdom: A flooded village waits for the high tides
2014-01-30 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: From Burrow Mump, an 80ft high Triassic--age hill that looms over the Somerset Levels, water stretches as far as the eye can see. Miles of field and salt marsh have simply been swallowed up in the deluge. Bruised grey juggernaut clouds glide through the skies above; yet more rain falls on this sodden land. At the top of the Mump is the ruin of St Michael's Church, built by the monks of Athelney Abbey, one of several monasteries that used to dot the Somerset Levels. It was these monks who, in centuries...
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United Kingdom: High tides likely to bring more floods, Environment Agency warns
2014-01-04 13:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Environment Agency has warned that Saturday afternoon high tides will bring a further risk of flooding despite an improvement in conditions. The agency said there were four severe flood warnings in place, three on the river Severn and one on the Lower Stour at Iford in Kent. There were a further 97 flood warnings and 244 flood alerts in place. The agency has removed 175 warnings or alerts in the past 24 hours. The Met Office has issued yellow warnings of rain in the south of England and...
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