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Deadly floods strike U.S. midsection, more rain predicted
2013-08-09 04:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A woman and a child have died and another woman was missing in Missouri after heavy rains triggered floods in the nation's midsection, and more rain was expected this weekend, the National Weather Service said on Thursday. One woman was killed when her vehicle was swept away in southwest Missouri on Thursday, two days after floodwater carried off a woman and her 4-year-old son in a car in the central part of the state. The boy died and his mother has not been found. More than a foot of rain has...
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Amphibious House Crusader Is Bent On Providing Homes That Float In Floods
2013-08-07 21:22:55| ENR.com: Headline News
Elizabeth English is hopeful that the tides are turning for amphibious new houses and retrofits in the U.S., which do not qualify for inexpensive flood insurance.
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UPDATE 1-Canada floods dampen Clean Harbors full-year outlook
2013-08-07 18:15:37| Waste Management - Topix.net
Environmental clean-up company Clean Harbors Inc cut its core earnings and revenue forecast for the year after flooding in western Canada reduced drilling activity in the region, sending its shares down 8 percent in trading before the bell.
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India floods: fears grow for farmland devastated in Uttarakhand
2013-08-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than a month after flash floods in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in north India left 1,000 dead and 6,000 missing, the government has yet to release a full agricultural impact assessment, triggering fears about the extent of damage to farmland. Questions remain as to how soon soil restoration efforts will bear fruit and when the farm economy, which accounted for just under 11% of the state's $160bn (105bn) gross domestic product in 2012-13, will be restored. Heavy flooding on 15 and...
CP Rail delivers record Q2, but misses on accidents and floods
2013-07-25 14:46:15| Railroads - Topix.net
Crews work to stabilize a Canadian Pacific freight train as is sits derailed on a failing bridge over the Bow River in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, June 27, 2013.
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