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Strengthening The Resiliency Of Communities In The Face Of Global Warming: Lessons From The Pacific Northwest

January 22, 2008 – 4:04 am

TreeHugger
People stranded on rooftops. Floodwaters covering the interstate. Thousands without power, displaced from their homes. Sound like the scene from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina? Right now, it’s the reality for many communities in the Pacific Northwest. The region was recently hit by a major rain storm, which triggered massive flooding on rivers in Oregon [...]

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Forest loss ‘leads to longer, more severe floods’

October 8, 2007 – 4:38 am

Flooding in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Alex Cheung
5 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Deforestation increases the frequency and severity of flooding in developing countries, according to a recent study.
While a link between deforestation and flooding has been suspected for many years, the study, published online in Global Change Biology last week (25 September), is [...]

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Flood forecasting system could help Bangladesh

August 14, 2007 – 2:59 pm

Imelda Abano
7 August 2007
Source: SciDev.Net

Rural flooding in
Bangladesh

A new flood forecasting system could help thousands of vulnerable people in flood-prone areas of Bangladesh prepare for disaster.
The system — based at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States and jointly developed with the US-based National Center for Atmospheric Research — could deliver up to ten-day [...]

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Early 2007 Saw Record-Breaking Extreme Weather

August 9, 2007 – 3:15 am

Climate Crisis Coalition
Early 2007 Saw Record-Breaking Extreme Weather
By Laura McInnis, Reuters, August 7, 2007
“The world experienced a series of record-breaking weather events in early 2007, from flooding in Asia to heatwaves in Europe and snowfall in South Africa, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said global land surface [...]