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Tidal flooding Marshall Islands causes widespread damage
2014-03-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australia News: A state of emergency has been declared in Marshall Islands due to king tides which have inundated communities living on low-lying attols. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, regional office for the Pacific says waves washed over shorelines, sending water, rubbish and debris across roads and properties. There are no reports of fatalities or serious injuries, however a state of emergency has been declared. Preliminary assessments in the capital Majuro show...
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Flood damage cost to rise fivefold across Europe, study says
2014-03-02 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The huge cost of flood damage is set to soar fivefold across Europe in coming decades, according to the first comprehensive analysis of risk across the continent. The cost of homes, belongings, businesses and infrastructure wrecked by the wettest winter in England for 250 years has been at least 1bn and over the last decade the average annual loss across the European Union has been EUR4.5bn. But increasingly intense downpours driven by climate change, as well as population growth and urbanisation,...
Images damage from extreme weather may lower political support climate action
2014-02-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A picture might be worth a thousand words -- and still not convince people that climate change is happening. Recent research suggests that images of devastating floods, cracked fields of earth and roaring hurricanes might be less effective at conveying the emotional impacts of extreme weather than media outlets think. They can be too scary, or of places too far away. Others might cause a yawn. Either way, it's likely that many pictures of disasters are tossed in the psychological trash can,...
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Storm damage to delay reopening of main Dawlish rail line
2014-02-18 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The UK's Network Rail has confirmed that the reopening of the South West's main Dawlish rail link will be delayed by further two weeks, due to the impact of damage caused by storms.
Marine Heatwaves Severely Damage Australia Coral
2014-02-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Marine heatwaves have wreaked "almost unprecedented' damage to ancient coral off Western Australia's Pilbara coast, scientists say. Scientists say the damage to ancient coral off Western Australia's Pilbara coast from marine heatwaves is "almost unprecedented.' Preliminary results from a 5-year year study of the coastline revealed that a remote section of reef south of Barrow Island has suffered severe "bleaching and decimation,' according to the CSIRO, which is running the study with the University...
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