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In uncharted waters (Nepalnews. com)
If flood defences in South Asia can collapse just like that what could happen if they are hit by climate change?
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Weak flood defences (BBC News)
South Asia grapples with its inadequate flood defences
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Weak flood defences 'risking lives' (BBC News)
Crumbling defences along South Asia's rivers prompt fears that lives are at risk as flooding becomes more frequent.
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As water level drops at Diamond Valley, rationing becomes more likely (Los Angeles Times)
With the lake -- intended as an insurance policy in case of natural disaster -- at only 60% capacity, the MWD board could start rationing Southern California cities as soon as 2009. Diamond Valley Lake, the giant regional reservoir in Riverside County, has been called the "jewel" of Southern California when it comes to pleasure boating and bass fishing.
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Teenager drowns in flooded area (Thailandnews.net)
Power to the poor Hundreds of demonstrators from the Four Regions Slum Network rally outside the United Nations Building, calling on the agency to help improve living conditions for the poor as they m...
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Flood gives UI researchers rare opportunity (The Gazette)
As the Iowa River neared its crest last June and Larry Weber and his colleagues scrambled to remove computers, research files and equipment from their offices, Weber took a minute to ask himself a question."I thought, 'What should we be doing to capture this event?'" said Weber, director of IIHR, formerly the University of Iowa's Iowa Institute for Hydraulic Research.Working almost as quickly as ...
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One Year after California's Devastating 2007 Wildfires, Environmental and Health Effects of Smoke Better Understood (Newswise)
Description: Looking for an expert to talk on the upcoming anniversary of last October's wildfires? UC San Diego faculty are available to comment.
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Nigeria: Rising Hope for Hadejia-Komadugu-Yobe Basin Farmers, Fishermen (AllAfrica.com)
The rescue mission of the Hadejia-Jama're-Komadugu Basin Trust fund jointly funded by six states of Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kano, Plateau and Yobe, in collaboration with the federal government to check depletion of land resources in the affected states appeared to have succeeded with improved agricultural and other economic activities in the various communities.
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W&L History Professor Receives NSF Grant to Study Natural Disasters and Climate Change (Rockbridge Weekly)
Between 1941 and 1970, retreating glaciers in the Peruvian Andes caused three floods and two avalanches that resulted in the deaths of about 30,000 people.
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Crest forecast for Cape holds steady while others in Missouri are lowered (Southeast Missourian)
The river at Cape Girardeau is rising much faster than usual
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