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Climate change drowning 'Venice of Africa'
2013-05-26 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times: He had kept his two wives and many of his 16 children with him long after the neighbours had fled, in the vain hope that his once-bustling, tenacious west African village could survive the remorseless advance of the Atlantic Ocean. "My house used to be two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the sea. I could grow things here because there was fresh water which came from the river," Diagne said, surveying a stretch of wet sand and rubble which, until last year, had been his living room. Doun Babe Dieye,...
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Majority of Superstorm Sandy deaths were from drowning
2013-05-23 20:42:08| Biotech - Topix.net
Drowning was the most common cause of death associated with the Oct. 29 Superstorm Sandy, according to a new report out Thursday from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Calif. drowning prompts warning about high waves
2013-01-03 13:38:20| Energy - Topix.net
Two survivors of the New Year's stampede in ivory Coast that killed 61 people say barricades that were set up unofficially created the crush of thousands of people who were leaving a fireworks display.
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Calif. drowning prompts warning about high waves
2013-01-03 01:02:27| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Two survivors of the New Year's stampede in ivory Coast that killed 61 people say barricades that were set up unofficially created the crush of thousands of people who were leaving a fireworks display.
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