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An 'overwhelmed' Philippines grapples w/ loss, rebuilding
2013-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Towns in the central part of the Philippines are in ruins as disaster relief workers now conclude that billions of dollars will be needed to aid communities devastated by the deadly Super Typhoon Haiyan. More than 9 million people are affected and fatalities are in the thousands, according to the Philippine government's latest estimates. The daunting efforts to assess the needs of the hardest-hit areas of Eastern Samar province and the surrounding islands began as the world woke up to aerial photographs...
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Si Shen: Rebuilding Papaya Mobile
2013-11-01 01:03:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The mobile phone game that survived falling off Apple's platform
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In The Long Run, Rebuilding Coastlines Could Prove Too Costly
2013-10-27 05:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: One year ago Tuesday, Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast, devastating shoreline communities from Florida to Maine. Many of these areas have been rebuilt, including the Long Beach boardwalk, about 30 miles outside New York City. Officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new boardwalk Friday. Ninety percent of the funding for the restoration came from the federal government. The Federal Emergency Management Agency paid $44 million to repair the devastation. Jack and Roseanne Vanderbeck...
Year After Sandy, Rebuilding for Storms and Rising Seas
2013-10-26 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: When the waters finally receded, Mantoloking, New Jersey, resembled a war zone. All 521 houses in the borough, a seaside enclave on a barrier island about halfway down the state's coast, had suffered damage. Sixty cottages had gone up in flames after natural gas lines ruptured. A week after Superstorm Sandy struck, when residents were finally bussed back to survey the damage, there was no power or running water. Massive piles of debris filled streets, yards, and patios. Boats from the local yacht...
Hurricane rebuilding gives glimpse of future: the end of traditional phone service
2013-10-25 11:41:04| Telecom - Topix.net
Hurricane Sandy devastated this barrier island community of multimillion-dollar homes, but in Peter Flihan's view, Verizon Communications has delivered a second blow: The telecommunications giant did not rebuild the landlines destroyed in the storm, and traditional telephone service here has now gone the way of the telegraph.
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