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Midwestern Floods Pit Communities Against One Another as Levees Rise Ever Higher

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The Mississippi River annexed Jerry and Sue Eller’s backyard, invaded their basement and converted their street into a boat ramp.
Mitch Smith
05/07/2019

Mozambique’s cyclones highlight Africa’s crisis of climate insurance

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The difficulties of insuring Africa as climate change accelerates continue to mount. Cyclone Kenneth, following hard on the heels of March’s Cyclone Idai, hit Mozambique on Thursday and has flattened villages in the north of the country, leaving an estimated 700,000 people at risk.
David Whitehouse
04/29/2019

Massive floods hit Ottawa - breaking all-time high water records, Canada

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Ottawa is fighting massive spring floods that hit areas along the Ottawa River on Friday, April 26, 2019. A state of emergency has been declared in at least 14 communities in the region.
04/29/2019

Tropical Cyclone Kenneth 2019

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Climate science at a glance Global warming is increasing water vapor in the air, which in turn is fueling extreme rainfall, increasing the threat of flooding.[1] Global warming is also heating up sea surface

The Deadliest Weather of 2018 May Surprise You

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Extreme heat was the deadliest weather in 2018 with 108 lives lost, according to statistics recently released by NOAA.
Chris Dolce
04/23/2019

SA cities ‘ill-prepared for harsh weather, climate change’

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South Africa’s major cities are “ill-prepared” to deal with harsh weather consequences as a result of them not being able to keep up with sustainable urbanisation – and this is evidenced by the death toll and destruction after the past few days’ rainfall in various centres around the country, acc
Chisom Jenniffer Okoye
04/24/2019

One of Alaska’s warmest springs on record is causing a dangerous thaw

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Alaska is in the midst of one of the warmest springs the state has ever experienced — a transformation that has disrupted livelihoods and cost lives.
Sarah Kaplan
04/19/2019

99.9999% chance humans are causing global warming, and other science-based facts on climate change for Earth Day

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First among them, there's no longer any question that rising temperatures and increasingly chaotic weather are the work of humanity. There's a 99.9999% chance that humans are the cause of global warming, a February study reported.
Doyle Rice and Elizabeth Weise
04/21/2019

Extreme weather continues to batter USA this year: Is global warming to blame?

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Tornadoes in the South, floods and snow in the Midwest, crazy heat in Alaska. What's going on with the extreme weather this year?
Doyle Rice
04/15/2019

Alaska Rivers Smash Records for Earliest Spring Ice Breakup

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Two Alaskan rivers have smashed records for their earliest spring ice breakup in about 100 years of records after recent mild and record-breaking temperatures.
Chris Dolce
04/15/2019
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