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Calgary real estate market grows murky in wake of floods
2013-06-25 08:22:06| Real Estate - Topix.net
Up until last week, Calgary's residential real estate market was one of the best in Canada with MLS sales continuing an upward trend.
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Canadian Pacific recovery from Southern Alberta Floods ahead of schedule
2013-06-24 23:18:46| Railroads - Topix.net
A portion of its track in is expected to re-open this evening, fully restoring the railway's main line.
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As Deadly Floods Hit India, Kerry Calls on New Delhi to Address Climate Change
2013-06-24 16:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: It was a fitting time to talk about the weather. With some 700 dead in the massive floods that have hit the northeastern state of Uttarakhand, new torrents of rain and landslides put rescue efforts on hold on Monday. At least 10,000 people are reported to still be stranded in some of the worst monsoon flooding in years in the region, an unfolding disaster that provided a dramatic backdrop for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerrys two-day visit to India this week in which he called on the nation to...
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Were India's floods caused by reckless greed?
2013-06-24 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Natural disasters often follow a predictable path in India. A flood or an earthquake happens every few years, the government blames the vagaries of nature, the right sympathetic noises are made, and all is forgotten until the next one comes along. But last week's cataclysmic floods in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, surrounded by the Himalayas, have provoked a debate on whether this particular disaster was caused - or at least worsened - by reckless human greed. At last count, 5000 people...
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Canada's power supplies could be hit for months by floods
2013-06-24 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Power cuts in the Canadian oil capital of Calgary could last for weeks or even months, city authorities said on Sunday, after record-breaking floods swept across southern Alberta, killing three people and forcing more than 100,000 to flee their homes. Some Calgary residents were able to return to sodden homes as rivers dropped and some evacuation orders were lifted. But Bruce Burrell, director of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency, said power restoration in the city centre, where many of...
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