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Thousands Rescued From Deadly Flash Floods in India, Pakistan
2014-09-10 08:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Hundreds of people have lost their lives in the the heaviest monsoon rains to fall for 50 years in the Himalayan region of Jammu & Kashmir. Thousands are still trapped on rooftops, and a massive rescue and evacuation is in operation After three days, thousands are still trapped on rooftops, and a massive rescue and evacuation operation by the National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Armed Forces in the flooded Kashmir valley is in full swing with more helicopters, boats and rescue materials...
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Swift Execs Skip Conference as Phoenix Floods
2014-09-09 20:31:02| Trucking - Topix.net
Executives from Swift Transportation Co., scheduled to make a presentation at a Las Vegas conference, were forced to cancel due to record floods in Phoenix, where the company is based. Late Monday, heavy rains flooded major freeways and small roads in Phoenix, setting an all-time record for rainfall in the city in a single day, The Associated Press reported.
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Heavy rains kill 73 in Pakistan as floods spread
2014-09-05 11:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: At least 73 people have been killed across Pakistan after heavy rains brought flash floods and caused homes to collapse in the Punjab and Kashmir regions, government officials said Friday. Most deaths occurred in the city of Lahore, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's powerbase, further damaging the government's standing after weeks of protests aimed at forcing the premier to step down. As the political crisis dragged through its third week, people's attention turned to the devastation brought by...
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Australia: Drought and floods: what's coming next?
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mail: The devastating floods in Queensland may be subsiding, but the weather pattern that caused it is not over - and Sydney could be in the firing line. Sydney's last major floods were in 1986 and 1988, said the Bureau of Meteorology. In the Liverpool region in 1986, water levels for the Georges River reached the major flood level of 4 metres while in the North Richmond area in 1986 and 1988, the Hawkesbury River peaked at 12.8 and 14.4 metres, high above the 11-metre major flood level. In 1986...
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Floods submerge cane fields in North India
2014-08-17 08:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Heavy monsoon rains in India have caused flooding in the country's main sugar producing state Uttar Pradesh, but the full extent of any damage to the crop will not be known until floodwaters recede. There were apprehensions that a slow start to India's monsoon season would trim cane output in the world's second biggest sugar producing nation, but a late revival in rains resulted in higher acreage being planted. However, fresh floods in North India have now raised fears of damage to the cane crop....
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