‘Nowhere to Run’: UN Report Says Global Warming Nears Limits
Written by SETH BORENSTEIN Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will...
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China Flooding Brought Fear, Then Washed Away Livelihoods
Written by DAKE KANG The night the rains came, all Yu Ruiping could do was huddle in her market stall. The electricity went out. Her phone went dead. And the water just kept rising. When the skies cleared, the market was...
Read MoreChina Blasts Dam To Divert Floods That Killed at Least 25
China’s military has blasted a dam to release floodwaters threatening one of its most heavily populated provinces, as the death toll in widespread flooding rose to at least 25. The dam operation was carried out late Tuesday...
Read MoreGermany Defends Preparation for Floods, Considers Lessons
Written by GEIR MOULSON German officials are defending their preparations for flooding in the face of the raging torrents that caught many people by surprise and left over 190 people dead in Western Europe, but concede that they...
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Europe Floods: Death Toll Over 120 as Rescues Continue
Written by FRANK JORDANS More than 120 people have died in devastating floods across parts of...
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Bill Seeking to Shore up Flood-Prone NC Areas Gets Hearing
A top North Carolina House Republican says legislation that would spend $220 million in part to...
Read MoreHurricane Iota Now a Category 5 Storm Near Central America
Hurricane Iota rapidly strengthened Monday into a Category 5 storm that is likely to bring catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered by a powerful Hurricane Eta less than two weeks ago. Iota has...
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Rain Brings Flooding to Orange, Chatham Counties on Thursday
Heavy rain and thunderstorms across central North Carolina have led to a flash flood warning for...
Read MoreTropical Storm Eta Dumps Blustery Rain on Florida West Coast
Tropical Storm Eta dumped torrents of blustery rain on Florida’s west coast as it moved over Florida after making landfall north of the heavily populated Tampa Bay area Thursday morning. The storm slogged ashore near Cedar Key,...
Read MoreEta Regains Hurricane Strength as Florida Prepares for Hit
Eta regained hurricane strength Wednesday morning as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm along the Gulf of Mexico coast near the heavily-populated Tampa Bay region. The storm’s maximum sustained winds increased to...
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