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People evacauted as Britain braced for Boxing Day floods
Posted by Times of Malta: None Given on December 26th, 2015
Times of Malta: People have been evacuated from their homes in Lancashire after the Met Office issued a red weather warning - danger to life - for the area. A "take action" weather alert is in place for parts of the county and the Environment Agency has issued seven severe flood warnings for the North West. Residents in Whalley and Ribchester were told to abandon their houses when flood waters poured through the streets after torrential downpours. Forecasters said up to 120mm of rain could fall in some areas...
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Thailand: Climate change to bring more floods – World Bank
Posted by Times of Malta: None Given on November 12th, 2011
Times of Malta: Climate change will bring more floods and extreme weather to Southeast Asia, according to a World Bank official on a visit to the region, where hundreds have died in severe inundation.
“What we are seeing is there are more floods, more extreme weather events, higher temperature, more variable rainfalls and we believe that is caused by climate change. And we should expect this to increase, sadly,” Andrew Steer, the World Bank’s special envoy for climate change, told reporters in the Vietnamese...