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Monster Cyclone Phailin Poses Deadly Threat to India

2013-10-11 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: One of the strongest tropical cyclones to form in the Bay of Bengal since 1980 is heading for the northeast Indian state of Odisha, packing winds of close to 160 mph and a storm surge of at least 10 feet, but possibly much higher. The storm, named Phailin -- a Thai word for "sapphire' -- has intensified after weakening for a time on Thursday. By some measures, it may already have become the strongest storm on record in the Indian Ocean. It is expected to make landfall in Odisha or the far northeastern...

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BANGLADESH: Deadly factory fire underpins new calls for safety

2013-10-10 16:37:22| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

The death of at least nine workers in a fire at a fabric mill in Bangladesh earlier this week has led to renewed calls for efforts to ensure safe conditions in the country's garment sector - as well as questions on the extent to which audits need to be carried out further down the supply chain.

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'The Wind Rises' Review: Hayao Miyazaki Ends His Career on Deadly Serious Note

2013-09-28 03:37:04| Grocery - Topix.net

It opens with a dream sequence - a young boy awakens one morning, only to scamper up to a child-sized plane waiting for him on his home's rooftop.

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Deadly 1,000-year floods strike Colorado

2013-09-13 18:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Biblical hell has broken out in Colorado, where more than six inches of rain fell in 24 hours, contributing to flash floods that killed at least three people. (Before you complain about our use of "biblical," note that it`s the word federal forecasters chose to describe the flooding in an official update on the National Weather Service website.) "It`s insane right now, I`ve lived in Colorado my whole life, and this is nothing that I`ve ever, ever seen before," Andra Coberly, spokesperson for...

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