Tag: floods
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Storm Babet has ‘more to come’ as widespread floods cause three deaths
[ad_1] For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Storm Babet will continue to batter the country on Saturday after causing widespread flooding and claiming three lives. Scotland will experience its second red “danger to life”…
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Sikkim Announces Housing Scheme For Those Who Lost Homes In Flash Floods
[ad_1] Flash flood was triggered by a cloudburst in the early hours of October 4 Sikkim Chief Minister PS Tamang on Monday announced two housing schemes for those who lost their homes in the flash flood that ravaged the northern part of the Himalayan state. The state government will also provide Rs 10,000 each to…
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After Intense Floods, New York City Lurches Back to Life
[ad_1] After record-breaking rains swamped the subway, grounded flights and flooded streets in New York City and the surrounding region on Friday, New Yorkers resumed their routines the next morning. Rain showers continued on Saturday, putting some areas at risk of further flooding, but they were expected to taper off by the evening. On Saturday…
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Torrential rain floods parts of New York City and tri-state area
[ad_1] Torrential rain floods parts of New York City and tri-state area – CBS News Watch CBS News Torrential rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia triggered extreme flooding across the Northeast. CBS News national correspondent Errol Barnett is on the ground with more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking…
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Why New York and other cities still aren’t prepared for floods
[ad_1] New York City came to a grinding halt Friday as floods shut down roads and subways and inundated schools in one of the biggest storm-related emergencies since the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit in 2021. It isn’t a problem that’s unique to New York. Flood risk is rising across the US with worsening weather…
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Derna, Libya’s ‘City of Poets,’ Pays a Heavy Price in Floods
[ad_1] In the days after much of the coastal city of Derna, Libya, was washed away by devastating floods, Mahbuba Khalifa wrote a poem to honor her hometown, known by Libyans as the “city of poets.” I used to carry your great legacy in my conscience and on my shoulders, and I walked with arrogant…
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Floods, Winds and Temperature Extremes Challenge Rail Lines
[ad_1] This article is part of our special section on the Climate Forward event that will include policy and climate leaders from around the world. The 351-mile LOSSAN rail corridor in Southern California, the second busiest in the United States, is under siege. Running from San Diego to San Luis Obispo, the oceanside tracks sitting…
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Libyan Protesters Demand Accountability After Floods Killed Thousands
[ad_1] Hundreds of Libyans protested on Monday from the devastated eastern city of Derna, demanding the removal of those responsible a week after torrential rains burst two dams and unleashed a catastrophe that killed thousands. Some protesters stood on the muddy, rocky earth that the floods carried through the city center on Sept. 11, washing…
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Schools, colleges to remain closed tomorrow in this district in view of floods
[ad_1] The Orders have been given to close educational work in schools and colleges for only one day, an official said. Earlier, several villages along the Narmada River were put on alert in the districts of Narmada, Bharuch, and Vadodara due to the increased water levels in the river. In view of flood reports in…
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Dozens of Syrians missing in catastrophic Libyan floods
[ad_1] Dozens of Syrians who left their war-torn country for the Libyan city of Derna in the past years are missing and feared dead after catastrophic flooding washed entire neighbourhoods out to sea. The death toll in the coastal city after Mediterranean storm Daniel unleashed the massive flood – fed by the breaching of two…