by faster | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: July 21, 2021 SNIP: Twelve people have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters. Video shared on social media shows evening commuters just managing to keep their...
by faster | Jul 16, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 16, 2021 SNIP: The intensity and scale of the floods in Germany this week have shocked climate scientists, who did not expect records to be broken this much, over such a wide area or this soon. After the deadly heatwave in the US and...
by faster | Sep 5, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: BuzzFeed News DATE: September 5, 2020 SNIP: Leaks and spills have become part and parcel of hurricanes that hit Texas and Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. A Reuters analysis found that in the wake of Hurricane Harvey’s punishing rain in the Houston area, at least...
by faster | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News and Union of Concerned Scientists DATE: July 28, 2020 SNIP: A new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists concludes that more than 800 hazardous Superfund sites near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of flooding in the next 20...
by faster | Jul 11, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: HuffPost DATE: July 11, 2019 SNIP: A historic slow-moving flood of polluted Mississippi River water loaded with chemicals, pesticides and human waste from 31 states and two Canadian provinces is draining straight into the marshes and bayous of the Gulf of...
