Tag: Floods

In Brazil’s Amazon, rivers rise to record levels

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MANAUS, Brazil — Rivers around the biggest city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, according...

Houston seethes over being frozen out of federal flood funds

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HOUSTON — Residents of the East Aldine neighborhood of Houston are tired of their homes flooding during hurricanes and of worrying every time it...

Study blames climate change for 37% of global heat deaths

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More than one-third of the world’s heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the...

As Congress returns to funding earmarks, who will benefit?

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HUFFMAN, Texas — Don't tell Laura Fields that providing $1.7 million to her flood-prone neighborhood would be wasteful spending. Her home in a Houston-area...

Houston area getting little of $1B in Harvey flood aid

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HOUSTON — Houston area officials expressed shock and anger on Friday after learning that their communities, which suffered the brunt of damage from Hurricane...

Study: War, climate displaced tens of millions in 2020

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GENEVA — A key group that monitors internal displacement is reporting Thursday that violence and disasters — often caused or worsened by the impact...

Heavy rains in Texas, Louisiana add to misery in flood zones

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Heavy rain kept pounding parts of Texas before moving over Louisiana on Wednesday, adding to the misery for people whose...

Drenching rains flood homes, swamp cars in south Louisiana

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LAKE CHARLES, La. — Heavy rains that swept across southern Louisiana flooded homes, swamped cars and closed a major interstate on Tuesday. The brunt...

Study: Climate change added $8 billion to Sandy’s damages

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Climate change-triggered sea level rise added $8 billion in damage during 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, one of nation's costliest weather disasters, a new study said. ...

Michigan flood victims may have to wait for accountability

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LANSING, Mich — A lawsuit that accuses the state of Michigan of failing to regulate and enforce safety regulations on a dam that failed,...