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New $1.1B sea wall protects New Orleans against major storms but may cultivate complacency
2014-05-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Looming 26 feet over the bayou, the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal-Lake Borgne Surge Barrier stands as a concrete and steel sentinel against the rising and heaving ocean. The 1.4-mile-long wall, also known as the IHNC barrier, protects vital commercial arteries and more than 350,000 people in New Orleans. An ambitious and expensive project built on soft soils and hard lessons, this Great Wall of Louisiana is a bulwark against once-in-a-century storms. The problem: After Hurricane Katrina drowned...
Storms Sweep Through Valley
2014-05-16 05:10:21| Energy - Topix.net
A sunny evening Wednesday quickly gave way to wind, rain and quarter-sized hail as a series of storms rolled through the Ohio Valley.
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Tropical Storms Hitting Peak Strength Nearer Poles, Study Says
2014-05-14 22:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Tropical storms are migrating out of the tropics, reaching their peak intensity in higher latitudes, where larger populations are concentrated, a new NOAA-led study published in the journal Nature says. Each decade for the past 30 years, tropical cyclones - which include hurricanes and typhoons - have become strongest on average about 30 to 40 miles farther north or south of the equator, the study says. In a statement on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's website, the agency...
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Tropical storms migrate toward poles
2014-05-14 19:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Tropical storms have been migrating northwards and southwards towards the poles for the past 30 years, a paper in Nature says. People are becoming less likely to face the worst of a hurricane or typhoon if they live close to the Equator, and more likely if they live on the edges of the tropics. The storms are reaching their maximum intensity 52-63km further north and south every decade. The paper, led by the US agency Noaa, underlines a previous finding that the area defined as the Tropics...
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Thousands Without Power Due To Metro Storms
2014-05-12 07:09:40| Energy - Topix.net
Powerful thunderstorms that spawned several tornadoes as they moved across the state have caused damage in several eastern Nebraska towns and across the rural areas between them.
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