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Hundreds evacuated as Romanian floods wreak havoc

2014-07-30 18:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: One person died and three others were missing after heavy rain caused floods in southwest Romania over the past three days, forcing hundreds of villagers to flee their homes, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. Heavy rainfall broke river banks in the affected counties of Gorj, Valcea, Arges and Teleorman, about 200 kilometers west of the capital Bucharest. Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea said 400 people were rescued from 1,100 homes in the area and given temporary shelter in nearby schools...

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Further delays leave hundreds stranded in Hawaii

2014-07-29 09:53:04| Airlines - Topix.net

Hundreds of Air New Zealand customers will spend another night in Honolulu as the airline works to fix the plane that's been stranded in Hawaii since Sunday night .

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Hundreds flee as two California wildfires threaten homes

2014-07-27 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Fire crews were battling two fast-moving wildfires in California that threatened many homes and forced hundreds of evacuations, officials said. A fire in the Sacramento region had mushroomed to about 4,000 acres by late Saturday, while a blaze that began in the afternoon around Yosemite National Park threatened a small community. The so-called Sand Fire began Friday in the Sierra Nevada foothills and has since raced through more than 6 square miles of drought-stricken grasslands east of Sacramento....

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Hundreds of juvenile salmon die due to low flows, warm weather

2014-07-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Times_Standard: After a recent population assessment of chinook salmon and steelhead found 54 adult and hundreds of juvenile fish dead in the Salmon River, researchers and tribes are concerned what the future will hold for the anadromous fish should the effects of drought persist. "We're all on alert," California Department of Fish and Wildlife environmental scientist Sara Borok said. "We don't to want lose this year's spring run. There's not a whole lot we can do other than have more rain dances." The 54...

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