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Record Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Globally in 2013
2014-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The past year saw the highest number of billion-dollar weather disasters across the globe. However, despite the high number of events, overall loss of life and property were comparatively low to years past. In all, 41 weather events caused $1 billion or more in damage in 2013 according to a report recently released by Aon Benfield, a reinsurance group. That's one more than the previous record set in 2010. The report chronicled a total of 261 weather-related disasters over the course of the year....
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Greenland glacier hits record speed
2014-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A river of ice in Greenland has become the fastest-flowing glacier currently known in the world, a study suggests. In summer, the Jakobshavn Glacier - widely thought to have spawned the iceberg that sank the Titanic - is moving about four times faster than it was in the 1990s. The Greenland Ice Sheet has seen record melting in recent years and would raise sea levels 6m were it all to vanish. Details of the research are published in The Cryosphere journal. Ian Joughin and Ben Smith of...
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Flexsteel Announces Continued Record Sales
2014-02-06 04:00:04| Furniture - Topix.net
Net sales for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 were a second quarter record $113 million, a 19% increase over prior year quarter net sales of $95 million.
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Disney reports 'record earnings'
2014-02-06 03:04:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Entertainment giant Walt Disney reports record quarterly earnings, boosted by higher revenues from its film business, including box office hit Frozen.
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Flooded Tunnel Inspection Record Broken by Hibbard Inshore
2014-02-06 01:00:00| Power Technology
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