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Baton Rouge -
On Wednesday, Louisiana released a sweeping plan called LA SAFE, detailing climate adaptation strategies and underscoring the problem of coastal land loss. The plan is a detailed blueprint for coping with global warming.
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Kemptville -
Environmentalists are concerned the Ontario government has cut $4.7 million in funding for a massive tree planting program. One of the nurseries in the program said it will likely have to destroy about three million trees because of the cancellation.
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Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest storms to strike India in the last 20 years, made landfall around 8 a.m. Friday morning, local time, pummeling the country's east coast with the equivalent force of a Category 3 hurricane.
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Residents in a corridor along the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers between Montreal and the boundary with Ontario are being told the rivers won't peak until Monday or Tuesday, while in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, a dike breach forced 6,000 people to flee.
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By AFP
Rio De Janeiro -
Residents of a hillside Rio de Janeiro favela risk finding hungry caimans at their front door after the city was hit hard by heavy flooding caused by torrential rain.
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Tehran -
At least 37 people have been killed in southern Iran as the result of "unprecedented" flooding that occurred on Monday after heavy rains swept through the Middle East, according to Radio Farda. More rain is expected.
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For farmers in North Carolina, Hurricane Florence is testing their resolve. Most are still reeling from the impacts of Hurricane Matthew two years ago, and now they are faced with billions of dollars in losses this year.
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Storm surges of nine to 13 feet and rainfall up to 40 inches: those are two of the direst warnings about Hurricane Florence's impact on parts of North and South Carolina. The massive storm has forced more than one million people to flee.
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As Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast of the United States, the governors of Virginia, North and South Carolina have issued mandatory evacuation orders affecting hundreds of thousands of residents in coastal areas.
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By AFP
Flooding in southern Myanmar has caused a landslide at a famed Buddhist pagoda, submerged homes and displaced hundreds of people as monsoon rains batter the country.
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Los Angeles -
A study published on Monday by climate scientists at UCLA forecasts wild extremes of drought and flooding in California as the climate continues to warm.
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By AFP
Paris -
The Seine continued its relentless rise on Thursday, flooding quays with muddy water and putting museums on an emergency footing as record rainfall pushed rivers over their banks across northeastern France.
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By AFP
Paris -
The Seine continued to rise Thursday, flooding streets and putting museums on an emergency footing as record rainfall pushed rivers over their banks across northeastern France.The river which flows through Paris is expected to reach a peak of up to 6.
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Two Category 4 hurricanes, back-to-back, not only caused extensive damage, massive flooding, and loss of lives – they also laid bare the poor condition of the nation's electrical grid.
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Houston -
The latest update from the National Hurricane Center indicates Tropical Storm Harvey is slowly moving to the southeast at about three miles an hour. There is the danger the storm could move off the coast on Monday and restrengthen.
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Corpus Christi -
Hurricane Harvey is moving in on the Texas coast tonight, bringing with it the potential for torrential rains, winds of up to 125 mph and a storm surge of 12-feet. Evacuations are underway as Texas battens down the hatches.
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Corpus Christi -
tropical Storm Harvey is expected to rapidly gain strength and hit the Texas coast as a Category 3 hurricane by Friday evening, causing devastating flooding and threatening the energy industry and oil production.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Flash flooding that swept over a swimming hole near Payson, Arizona has left at least eight people dead with several still missing, authorities said on Sunday.
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Lagos -
The entire metropolis of Lagos in Nigeria's Lagos state is now submerged after a week of heavy rains. The flooding has been so severe that business was brought to a stand-still and as of Monday morning, the finger-pointing has begun.
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Tropical Storm Cindy continues to swirl in the Gulf off the coast of Louisiana. Overnight, Cindy dumped heavy rains throughout the state and into Alabama and Mississippi. More heavy rain and flooding is expected on Wednesday.
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Cape Town -
Resident's in drought-stricken Cape Town, South Africa may get a little relief from their water woes as a monster winter storm, the first of the season approaches.
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By AFP
Port-au-prince -
Seven people have died and 19 fishermen are reported lost at sea after two days of heavy rain lashed Haiti, the interior ministry said Friday.
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Heavy rains in parts of Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Arkansas have brought many rivers to record levels, causing at least 20 deaths and forcing hundreds to flee their homes as levees break. More levees are now at risk as the rains continue.
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Going from a devastating drought to heavy rains and flooding can put an added strain on national resources. And in Zimbabwe, which is already in arrears in payments to foreign lenders, the floods and loss of homes and lives create a dire situation.
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Sacramento -
Northern California is continuing to reel from an atmospheric river event that has produced evacuation orders, water rescues and dangerous flooding and mudslides.
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Nepal's army has confirmed it has finished draining a glacial lake to safe levels, preventing it from flooding several villages downstream and putting the lives of thousands of people at risk.
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As Hurricane Matthew continues to crawl up the Florida coastline, attention is shifting to Georgia and South Carolina, where heavy rainfall and storm surge will cause major flooding in the low-lying coastal areas.
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Tucson -
Tropical Storm Newton made its second landfall Wednesday morning near Bahia Kino in northwest Mexico. Newton is expected to weaken as it moves to the east-northeast over Arizona and New Mexico in the next 24 hours, bringing heavy rains and flooding.
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The Florida Division of Emergency management (FDEM) is urging residents and businesses along the Gulf Coast from Tampa to Pensacola to prepare for potentially heavy rains and flooding through Thursday.
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By AFP
Taipei -
Surging waters triggered by torrential rain killed five people in Taiwan after they were swept away while hiking down a river canyon, officials said Monday.
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Superstorm Sandy: Destruction in New Jersey Master Sgt. Mark Olsen / Us Air Force
The entrance to the Opryland Hotel sits underwater.
File photo: Todd River flooding, Alice Springs Nic Hanson
Fraser River flooding in 2012. Province of BC
The Centre Street Bridge leads into downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada mikewarren
Flooded Avenue C at East 6th Street in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood of Loisaida, moments before the Con Edison power substation on 14th Street and Avenue C blew up. David Shankbone
Buenos Aires flooded from torrential rains on April 2, 2013 YouTube
Flooding in Lourdes, France Video screen capture
A view of Calgary immersed in flood waters http://www.flickr.com/photos/evolizephoto/9114306155/
Superstorm Sandy: Destruction in New Jersey Master Sgt. Mark Olsen / Us Air Force
File Photo: Flooding in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2013. Wilson Hui (CC BY 2.0)
Flooding is localized in many parts of eastern England, as well as the West Country.
A women is rescued during flooding in Athens, Greece, February 22, 2013 YouTube
There was a lot of water around some of the barns at Truro Raceway but it didn't go inside the buildings and the horses didn't have to be moved.
Homes in south Nashville are heavily flooded.
Fear of rising sea levels prompt resolution to split state of Florida in half. Screen grab
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