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More than 400,000 Indians face flooding after Nepal landslide
2014-08-03 15:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than 400,000 people in eastern India face the risk of flooding after a landslide that killed at least nine people in neighboring Nepal, an Indian government official said on Sunday, as thousands were being evacuated. The landslide triggered by heavy rains has left scores of people missing and has created a mud dam blocking the Sunkoshi river, which runs into India's Bihar state as the Kosi river. The fear is that as Nepal tries to blast its way through the landslide to clear it, it will unleash...
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Rescuers in Indian landslide say hopes for survivors 'bleak'
2014-08-01 14:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hopes of finding survivors in India from a landslide that swallowed up more than 100 people faded on Friday as rescuers dug through mud and debris following heavy rains, with the death toll rising to 52. Finding people alive would be extremely unlikely, said Gautam Sarkar, a senior official involved in the rescue, as hundreds of rescuers toiled to sift debris after Wednesday's landslide submerged 46 homes and almost wiped out a village. "The houses have been buried under layers of wet mud,...
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Months After Washington Landslide, Hopeful Steps Forward
2014-07-17 02:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Miller familys bluegrass band, Blueberry Hill, has deep roots in this little mountain town on the edge of the Oso landslide, which killed more than 40 people in late March in a few shattering seconds of geological upheaval. Aida Miller, 19, who sings and plays the mandolin, and her brother, Forrest, 17, a banjo player, were both born here. So the Millers came back after the disaster, and they were playing a free concert for exhausted emergency responders at the downtown command center a few...
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Genetically engineered crops banned in Jackson County, Oregon in landslide victory against GMOs
2014-05-22 03:43:35| Biotech - Topix.net
A ban on the growing of all genetically engineered plants appears to be a landslide victory in Jackson County, Oregon.
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City officials promise new focus on infrastructure inspections after landslide
2014-05-10 00:41:37| Railroads - Topix.net
City engineers and surveyors will begin more regularly inspecting large pieces of infrastructure such as retaining walls and the streets near them after the major collapse of a wall in Charles Village last week, officials said Friday.
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