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Australia: Record heat, low rain leave regions 'primed' to ignite

2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Sydney Morning Herald: A LEADING weather researcher says Australia's great heatwave this year and low rainfall have left some regions ''primed to go''. The weather bureau's rainfall maps for the past three months show virtually all the southern and eastern parts of the country have posted below or very-much-below average rainfall. And the past fortnight of record-breaking heat across much of the continent meant fuel loads in bushfire areas were ''trumping the situation'' due to lowering moisture levels, said Jeff...

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Rain to help raise Mississippi River, ease shipper woes

2013-01-10 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A storm moving up the Mississippi River valley will help replenish the river, low in parts from drought, and ease concerns that shipping could be halted along a shallow stretch from St. Louis to Cairo, Illinois. Shipping groups had warned as recently as last week of an effective closure of the river along that busy stretch, through which billions of dollars of grain, coal, fertilizer and other commodities flow every year. Rain and the brisk pace of efforts to remove underwater rock could help...

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Brazil Measures Rain Against Dengue

2013-01-10 08:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Mosquitoes that transmit dengue fever need clean, still water and warm night temperatures to reproduce and thrive. That is common knowledge, but now scientists in Brazil have managed to measure the relation between increased rainfall and temperatures and the risk of dengue epidemics in this city. A study at the National School of Public Health in Rio, titled "Temporal analysis of the relationship between dengue and meteorological variables in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2001-2009″...

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Greenheck Louvers Achieve AMCA Listings for Impact and Rain Resistance

2013-01-07 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Greenheck is the first mechanical louver manufacturer to have louver products AMCA Listed as Impact Resistant Louvers and AMCA Listed as High Velocity Rain Resistant and Impact Resistant Louvers. The AMCA Listing designation is relative for louvers that are applied within the designated Hurricane Prone Regions, which includes, but is not limited to, Florida as required by the new Florida Building Code (AMCA 540 and AMCA 550) and the upcoming International Building Code version 2012 (AMCA 540 ...This story is related to the following:Louvers | Functional Louvers

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