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Increase Alertness About Possible Floods, Landslides
2016-06-18 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Antara: The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has instructed its regional branch offices (BPBD) to stay even more alert in anticipation of possible floods and landslides following signs of climate change impact. "BNPB has instructed all BPBDs whose areas may receive major rainfall to be more alert about floods, landslides and whirlwinds," Head of the Data and Information Center of the BNPB, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said on Saturday. He added that the BPBDs should pay attention to the maps of the...
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Oregonian: New map shows Oregon's hot spots for potential landslides
2016-02-25 15:51:17| PortlandOnline
News story posted to oregonlive.com February 24, 2016.
Q&A with David OLongaigh, the Portland City Engineer Who Patches Up Landslides
2015-12-17 23:18:57| PortlandOnline
Coby Hutzler in Willamette Week
FLASH ALERT: NW Cornell closed between Cumberland and Thompson due to landslides
2015-12-07 23:49:40| PortlandOnline
Due to two landslides, NW Cornell is closed between Cumberland and Thompson. Notifications of the closure have been posted at Lovejoy and Skyline.
Great Barrier Reef protecting against landslides, tsunamis
2015-11-25 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] The world-famous Australian reef is providing an effective barrier against landslide-induced tsunamis, new research shows. What has developed into the Great Barrier Reef was not always a barrier reef - it was once a fringing reef and did not offer the same protective quality. This is because the coast at this time was much closer to the source of the tsunamis, said lead author of the paper, Associate Professor Jody Webster, from the Geocoastal Research Group at the U…
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