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Deadly lightning strike was rare event for Southern California coast
2014-07-28 22:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Lightning storms that killed a 20-year-old beachgoer in Los Angeles and sent eight other people to the hospital stemmed from a combination of atmospheric conditions relatively unusual for coastal Southern California, weather experts said on Monday. A bolt of lightning, accompanied by what witnesses described as an explosive thunder clap, struck near the shore of Venice Beach on Sunday during a storm that materialized quickly and lasted about 15 minutes. An estimated 20,000 people were at the...
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Crews make headway against destructive Northern California wildfire
2014-07-28 21:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters began to gain the upper hand on Monday against a Northern California wildfire that has destroyed 13 homes and blackened nearly six square miles in the drought-parched foothills east of Sacramento, officials said. Crews had built containment lines around roughly two-thirds of the so-called Sand Fire as of Monday morning, up from only 35 percent on Sunday evening, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. Some residents who were forced to flee their homes ahead...
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Boretech to open California PET plastic container facility
2014-07-28 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway
Taiwan-based plastics recycling and recycling equipment manufacturing company Boretech Group has announced plans to open a new PET plastic container facility in Stockton, California.
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Two California wildfires threaten homes
2014-07-27 16:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Two fast-moving wildfires in California are threatening homes and could result in the evacuation of hundreds of people, US officials say. In the Sacramento region, a fire has spread to cover an area of about 4,000 acres, while another blaze threatens homes around Yosemite National Park. The Sacramento fire is only 20% contained, officials told local media. Months of drought have caused more fires in California this year - some 1,400, twice the usual number. Homes evacuated The Sacramento...
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United Kingdom: Sea temperature off Plymouth hotter than California
2014-07-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Ocean temperatures have a soared to a seven-year high off southwest Britain - making our seas as hot as California. Marine scientists say the water has reached 20.4C (68.7F) off Start Bay, Devon, and 20.1C (68.2F) off Perranporth, Cornwall. That is even warmer than readings taken from Santa Monica beach in Los Angeles, where its currently lagging behind at 19.4C (66.9F) and only 8C short of the sea temperature in Bali. Temperatures off the British coast are also rising by almost 4C a month...
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