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South Australia weather warning as floods follow record heatwave
2014-02-14 01:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A severe weather warning remains in place for parts of South Australia, as Adelaide had its wettest February day since 1974. Emergency services on Friday are responding to dozens of call-outs, as flooded roads and fallen trees cause chaos to drivers and residents in the city. SES state duty officer Graeme Wynwood has warned drivers to take care. Following a long period of very dry weather, the roads are extremely slippery so it is imperative that motorists drive to the conditions, he said....
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United Kingdom: David Cameron holds crisis cabinet meeting as floods continue
2014-02-13 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron convened a special cabinet committee on flooding for the first time on Thursday, when ministers were given an update on the extent of power and transport disruption caused by overnight storms. The meeting had originally been called to discuss a longer-term government response to the floods crisis, but is also having to look at wider infrastructure disruption. The meeting came as the shadow environment secretary, Maria Eagle, said spending on climate change adaptation and mitigation...
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United Kingdom: Torrential rain, high winds and floods cause transport chaos and power cuts
2014-02-13 09:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than 80,000 homes were still without power supplies and there was continued disruption on the road and rail networks on Thursday in the wake of hurricane-force winds that left at least one person dead. The Energy Networks Association said engineers had reconnected 145,000 homes and businesses following storm damage and would continue to work throughout Thursday, while train operators were also striving to restore a number of services hit by heavy rain and trees and debris strewn across tracks....
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Is Climate Change to Blame for UK's Floods?
2014-02-12 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Across portions of the south of England, waves lap against the shores of lakes and ponds that used to be fields, as one of the wettest winters in U.K. history has dumped successive bouts of rain over the country, causing rivers to top their banks and inundate farms and towns. And while a series of shifts in weather patterns across the globe seems to be causing the endless train of storms soaking the island, climate change may play a role in the current heavy downpours as well, said Dame Julia...
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UK floods: government has got a grip on this, minister insists
2014-02-11 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The defence secretary, Philip Hammond, insisted the government has got a grip on the UK's devastating floods as he tried to put an end to "recriminations" about whether more could have been done to prevent them. The senior Tory cabinet minister argued that the military and emergency services have everything under control, as concern about the potential scale of serious flooding along the Thames Valley continues. It comes after the government reaction to the severe weather descended into infighting...
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