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World’s Oceans Could Rise Higher, Sooner, Faster Than Most Thought Possible
World’s Oceans Could Rise Higher, Sooner, Faster Than Most Thought Possible New research shows that consensus estimates of sea level increases may be underestimating threat; new predictions would see major coastal cities left uninhabitable by next century ‘Roughly 10 feet of sea level rise—well beyond previous estimates—would render coastal cities such as New York, London, […]
Calgary thunderstorm causes power outages, flooding in Chestermere
Calgary thunderstorm causes power outages, flooding in Chestermere Lightning advisory that grounded all flights at Calgary airport now lifted People in Calgary woke up with a bang early Sunday morning as a line of thunderstorms hovered over the city, bringing lightning, power outages and overland flooding in communities to the east. As the storms moved eastward, […]
Unnatural Disaster: How Global Warming Helped Cause India’s Catastrophic Flood
Unnatural Disaster: How Global Warming Helped Cause India’s Catastrophic Flood The flood that swept through the Indian state of Uttarakhand two years ago killed thousands of people and was one of the worst disasters in the nation’s recent history. Now researchers are saying that melting glaciers and shifting storm tracks played a major role in the […]
Malawi faces ‘unprecedented’ flood disaster – Africa – Al Jazeera English
Malawi faces ‘unprecedented’ flood disaster – Africa – Al Jazeera English. The waters may be receding and the rainfall subsiding but Malawi is only now coming to terms with the “unprecendented” floods that hit the southern half of the country last week. At least 176 people lost their lives and another 200,000 have been displaced when […]
Alice Springs counts cost of torrential downpour, faces risk of mosquito-borne diseases
Alice Springs counts cost of torrential downpour, faces risk of mosquito-borne diseases With more than 200mm of rain hitting some parts of Alice Springs since Wednesday, dozens of houses across Alice Springs have found themselves battling rising floodwater. Environmental health officers have also begun preparing for a spike in the number of mosquitoes, warning of […]
More rain forecast for flood-hit SE Asia – Asia-Pacific – Al Jazeera English
More rain forecast for flood-hit SE Asia – Asia-Pacific – Al Jazeera English. People in South East Asia have been warned to prepare for more flooding, after days of heavy rain across the region that has killed dozens of people and displaced tens of thousands in Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Weather forecasters on Sunday […]
BBC News – Storm pounds northern California
BBC News – Storm pounds northern California. More than 220,000 people are without power after heavy rains and high winds slammed northern California. The storm brought rainfall of more than an inch an hour in San Francisco and winds gusts of 140mph (225km/h) in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Flooding has already closed two major motorways […]
A Coming California Earthquake? | Armstrong Economics
A Coming California Earthquake? | Armstrong Economics. California’s Drought Ranks Worst in at Least 1,200 Years. The flooding that is taking place warns of something else. The major earthquakes correlate to these periods of extreme drought and then extreme rainfall. That may place added street on the fault lines. We warned last April that there […]
What Will Weather Do in 2015? Forecasters Say El Nino Looms – Bloomberg
What Will Weather Do in 2015? Forecasters Say El Nino Looms – Bloomberg. Forecasters in Australia and New Zealand warned El Nino may soon be back, reviving concern that the weather pattern that can bring drought to parts of Asia and rains to South America may return for the first time since 2010. Tropical Pacific temperatures have […]
Only a Few Drops of Water at the Lima Climate Summit — Global Issues
Only a Few Drops of Water at the Lima Climate Summit — Global Issues. Climate change already threatens water supplies for agriculture due to the reduction in the availability of fresh water, which is expected to be aggravated over the next decades. It also causes drought, torrential rainfall, flooding and a rise in the sea […]
Brazilian Judge Sides With Tribe Over Land Threatened by Dams | Environment News Service
Brazilian Judge Sides With Tribe Over Land Threatened by Dams | Environment News Service. BRASILIA, Brazil, November 6, 2014 (ENS) – In a struggle between a Brazilian indigenous tribe and the federal government over two dams that would flood lands claimed by the tribe, a federal judge has ruled that the government must immediately publish […]
