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 Battered Australia a Preview 
 of Climate Devastation 

Country grapples with drought, wildfires, and heat

Apr 9, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pummeled by drought, wildfires, and heat, Australia may be offering the world a preview of what’s to come as the planet warms, experts say. “Australia is the harbinger of change,” says a paleontologist. Many say climate change has already taken a human toll in the 173 killed... More »

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climate change • environment • Australia • drought • global warming • cyclone • heat wave • flooding • extinction • wildfires

(AP) - Strengthening wind blew heavy, wet snow around Fargo today, adding to the strain on residents' spirits and on the patchwork system of sandbag levees protecting them from the bloated Red River. But there were no reports of problems from leaks or from wind-driven waves battering the dikes. “They say... More »

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Midwest • flooding • North Dakota • blizzard • Fargo • snow • Red River • dikes

 Fargo Braces for 
 Snow as Floods Ease 

Winter weather could cause waves to batter sandbag levees

Mar 30, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just as the Red River began retreating from Fargo's hastily fortified levees, the city's tired residents stared down a winter storm today that's expected to bring up to 14 inches of snow and wind-whipped waves that could worsen the flooding, the AP reports. Engineers aren't worried about the snowfall, but... More »

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severe weather • flooding • waves • Fargo • winter storm • snowstorm • levees • sandbags

UPDATEd

 Fargo River May 
 Have Already Peaked 


Mar 28, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(AP) - The bloated Red River might already have crested lower than initially feared, forecasters said today, welcome news for weary residents and others who had spent days piling sandbags onto dikes against an expected record flood. Despite the downward revision in the forecast, however, North Dakota officials still intensified their efforts... More »

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(AP) - Thousands of shivering, tired Fargo residents got out while they could today, and others prayed that miles of sandbagged levees would hold as the surging Red River threatened to unleash the biggest flood North Dakota's largest city has ever seen. The crest is expected tomorrow evening, when the ice-laden river... More »

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 Fargo Floodwater Breaks  
 Record, Erodes Dike 

Police evacuate 150 homes amid 'significant leak'

Mar 27, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fargo-area Red River broke a 112-year-old record this morning and was eroding a dike south of downtown, forcing authorities to rouse occupants of about 150 homes and begin evacuating them in the middle of the night, the AP reports. The Red River has risen to 40.32 feet, more... More »

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(Newser) - The forecast in Fargo is actually getting worse. The Red River may crest at a potentially catastrophic 43 feet this weekend—2 feet higher than previous warnings, ABC News reports. "We're in uncharted territory," said the mayor, as volunteers raced to raise the levees in the North Dakota... More »

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UPDATED

 North Dakota Braces 
 for Record Floods 

Fargo residents battle freezing weather to shore up wall of sandbags

Mar 26, 09 2:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Dakota officials issued a plea for thousands more sandbaggers this morning as residents scrambled to prepare for record flooding expected this weekend, reports ABC News. Volunteers in Fargo are battling a blizzard to raise a wall of sandbags along the Red River, predicted to crest at a new high... More »

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Fargo Scrambles
to Prevent Flooding

Red River could see record overflow

Mar 23, 09 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota and North Dakota work crews joined volunteers today to build levees and sandbag walls as a storm threatened to cause flooding, Inforum reports. Locals living along Red River are bracing for as much as 1 inch of rain tonight from a storm expected to last 2 days, causing river... More »

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National Guard • flood • flooding • Minnesota • North Dakota • volunteer • Fargo

Global Warming Will Buoy East Coast Sea Level

Altered Atlantic current means higher flood risk from Boston-DC

Mar 16, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The effect of climate change on Atlantic currents will boost the threat of flooding along the US East Coast more than glacial melting alone, a study predicts. New York, Boston, and Washington, DC, are expected to experience more shoreline encroachment and have higher risk of storm surges as changing currents... More »

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New York City • Boston • Washington DC • Greenland • sea level • flooding • glacier • ocean temperature • glacial melt • ocean currents

 Northwest Floods Wreak Havoc  


Jan 8, 09 8:41 PM CST
(AP) - Floods, mudslides, and avalanches in the Pacific Northwest kept tens of thousands of people from their homes today, brought freight trains to a standstill, and stranded hundreds of trucks along the major highways that link Seattle's busy ports with markets around the country. The flooding was touched off by a... More »

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 Melting Snow 
 Floods Wash. State 

30K asked to evacuate in west; mudslides, avalanches feared

Jan 8, 09 10:06 AM CST
(AP) - More than 30,000 people were urged to leave their flood-endangered western Washington homes as snowmelt and rain swelled rivers and caused mudslides and avalanches that engulfed neighborhoods and roadways. Warmer temperatures and heavy rains were rapidly melting the deep snow that dumped on the Cascade mountains over the weekend. More »

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 Little Progress on 
 At-Risk Levees: Feds 

State and local governments have done little despite post-Katrina crackdown

Dec 22, 08 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - More than half the 122 US levees cited for being in disrepair after Hurricane Katrina still need to be fixed, according to Army Corps of Engineers data obtained by USA Today—with 18 states and Puerto Rico having levees considered unreliable in major floods. The worst offenders are Washington and... More »

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flooding • infrastructure • repair • Army Corps of Engineers • levees

 Venice Flooding Hits 
 20-Year High 

Water up 5 ft. from normal in city of canals; tourists waved away

Dec 1, 08 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The Queen of the Seas is wetter than usual these days, as seasonal flooding has hit a 20-year high, submerging Venice's streets in up to 5 feet of water, BBC reports. The city of canals is now a veritable lake, and the mayor has warned citizens not to go out... More »

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 Storms Threaten 
 East Coast Pounding 

Tropical Storm Kyle brews south of Bermuda

Sep 26, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A storm system threatened East Coast cities with heavy winds and rain, and Tropical Storm Kyle moved toward hurricane strength further out in the Atlantic, Bloomberg reports. Flights were delayed along the coast, with planes in New York City waiting 90 minutes or more on runways. Meanwhile, Kyle, 645 miles... More »

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New York City • severe weather • Philadelphia • flooding • Baltimore • Long Island • hurricane • Tropical Storm • East Coast

ANALYSIS

 Ike's Message: 
 Don't Build on Sandbars 

The costs of living seaside on a barrier island can be huge

Sep 14, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The barrier islands along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts entice inhabitants with their balmy beachfronts, but prove an equal draw for often devastating tropical storms. As Hurricane Ike's path of destruction across Galveston Island shows, building houses on what amounts to an oversized sandbar can be a critical mistake—though... More »

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 Galveston Resort 
 Turns Into Storm Central 

500 to 800 souls took refuge at a convention center in Galveston during Ike's assault

Sep 13, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A motley crew rode out Hurricane Ike at Galveston’s San Luis Resort, Spa, & Conference Center, Joel Achenbach writes for the Washington Post. Up to 800 people were there, among them the mayor, cops and firefighters, along with storm chasers and drenched refugees holed up as the wind... More »

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Texas • shelter • flooding • evacuation • refugee • Galveston • Hurricane Ike

(Newser) - Galveston’s historic district is under 7 feet of water, and 4 million Houston area residents are without power after Hurricane Ike’s rampage through the region. Ike, which hit Galveston as a Category 2 hurricane, has since been downgraded to a Category 1, CNN reports. Officials warned that the... More »

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 It's Too Late 
 to Flee Texas, 
 Officials Warn 

Ike may become Category 3 storm before landfall

Sep 12, 08 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials in Houston and Galveston warned residents to stay put tonight as Hurricane Ike threatened to become a Category 3 storm, CNN reports. “If someone has not left the island by now, they need to go get inside and stay there,” the mayor of Galveston said. Nearly a... More »

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Texas • Houston • flooding • evacuation • Gulf of Mexico • Galveston • Hurricane Ike • storm surge

Dad Saves Toddler Sucked Into Storm Drain

Girl was carried 230 feet through pipe into river swollen with floodwater

Sep 9, 08 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Emergency workers are praising the "incredibly quick thinking" of a British man who saved his 3-year-old daughter from drowning yesterday after she was sucked into a storm drain with her dog, the Guardian reports. Royal Air Force sergeant Mark Baxter raced to a river just in time to save... More »

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United Kingdom • England • Durham • flood • flooding • rescue

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