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Clarence Valley sugar crops still deteriorating after the floods

2013-02-11 06:52:15| Sugar Industry News

Cane growers in northern NSW are hoping some of their crops can recover from the recent flooding.

United Kingdom: Floods: a disaster waiting to happen

2013-02-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: On the night of 31 January 1953, a high tide was expected, but what came with it was something no one had predicted. A storm was gathering over the North Sea, with low atmospheric pressure sucking up the waves, raising the sea level dramatically, and high winds whipping the waves to fury. When it hit the UK's east coast, the waters broke high over seawalls and surged as far as 10 miles inland. There was no warning and, with primitive communications, little ability to tell people of the danger when...

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English Heritage launches study into effect of bridges on floods

2013-01-30 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Ancient stone bridges with water pouring over the parapets, their narrow arches choked by fallen trees and debris washed down swollen rivers, have been recurring images in reporting the myriad floods of the past sodden years and the bridges have often been blamed for damming the rivers' flow and causing misery to nearby communities. As torrential rains wash away the snows, causing more floods in many parts of the country, English Heritage is launching a pilot study to establish whether the 7,000...

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Floods hit 250,000 Mozambicans, cyclone threatens Madagascar

2013-01-30 19:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AlertNet: Severe flooding in southern Mozambique has affected a quarter of a million people, while heavy rains are pounding the north of the country and a tropical cyclone threatens the island of Madagascar, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Floods that started around 10 days ago have killed at least 48 people in the south of Mozambique, and 146,000 people are still being housed in temporary shelters in the Limpopo Basin, the United Nations said in an update. Government officials put the death toll...

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