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Typhoon Haiyan: Survivors in Philippines face grim struggle as death toll rises

2013-11-11 14:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNN: Survivors root through the splintered wreckage of their homes searching for loved ones who may be buried beneath. Others are scrambling to find food and water in areas littered with corpses. Three days after Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in recorded history, scythed across the central Philippines, people here are struggling to grasp the enormity of what they have lost and the challenges they face. The storm, known as Yolanda in the Philippines, has left devastation on a...

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Survivors 'walk like zombies' after Philippine typhoon kill estimated 10000

2013-11-10 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines, a senior police official said on Sunday, with huge waves sweeping away coastal villages and devastating one of the main cities in the region. Super typhoon Haiyan destroyed about 70 to 80 percent of structures in its path as it tore through Leyte province on Friday, said police chief superintendent Elmer Soria, before weakening and heading west for Vietnam. As rescue workers struggled to reach...

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Climate change: a survivors' guide

2013-10-13 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: 1 Stay cool, dry Britain is expected to get more extremes of heat and rainfall, so prepare for more severe floods, longer droughts and more powerful storms. No one knows quite what the effect over time will be of a slowing Gulf stream, or the melting of arctic sea ice, but climate scientists confidently expect temperatures to rise up to 4C by 2100. That could mean big shifts in rainfall patterns and a more unpredictable climate. So clear your drains, fix your roof and move to Wales or at least...

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Komen executive shares own survivor's story

2013-10-10 00:26:44| Grocery - Topix.net

Cati Diamond Stone, executive director of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Atlanta Affiliate, left, and Laura Murphy, operations manager, discuss the budget for the upcoming year.

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