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United Kingdom: Insurance industry must not drag its feet helping flood victims
2014-02-19 11:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The insurance industry has insisted that the situation is under control after facing criticism and calls for faster service to people affected by the UK flooding crisis. On Tuesday, government ministers met with insurers to discuss how those living in flooded homes were being helped. Representatives from 60% of the insurance market assured the government that they were acting quickly and agreed to meet with ministers each month to report on their progress. This came after prime minister...
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United Kingdom: Flooding: wet ground in worst-hit areas making burials impossible
2014-02-18 13:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The flood crisis is causing further anguish for bereaved families as wet ground is making burials impossible in the worst-hit areas. Authorities say there is little they can do about weather-related funeral delays that have been described as "absolutely abnormal". While families face the possibility of extra distress, the floods have created dangerous conditions for gravediggers. Crematoriums have not been immune from the issue either, with one having to close for about two months due to...
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United Kingdom: Barrage over climate change link to floods
2014-02-18 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: As the barrage of bad weather eases, another kind of turbulence is brewing over one of the potential causes. Listen to some environmental campaigners and you might think that there is total certainty that global warming led to the recent rain; listen to some climate sceptics and there is absolutely no connection at all. Viewers have berated me either for failing to explicitly blame climate change in my reporting of the floods - or for suggesting that the rain may conceivably have been made...
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Aerotech United Kingdom Moves to New and Larger Facility
2014-02-18 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
As part of continued expansion in the global precision motion and automation systems arena, Aerotech Inc. - the Pittsburgh-USA headquartered high-technology mechatronic motion products designer and manufacturer - has relocated its UK subsidiary to a new and larger facility in Ramsdell near Tadley. With additional office and operational logistics space as well as considerably more room for customer demonstration, training and conferencing, the well-equipped 500 m2 building will allow Aerotech ...
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United Kingdom: Further floods expected along Thames but worst weather is behind us
2014-02-17 16:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Residents living in flooded areas of the UK have been warned to expect water levels to rise further in the next few days, as more heavy rain falls on saturated ground. Forecasters have added, however, that the worst of the crisis appears to be over for now. The Environment Agency currently has 16 severe flood warnings in place, 14 along the banks of the Thames in the south-east and two more in Somerset. The Met Office has also issued a yellow warning for rain in the south-west of England, forecasting...
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