Tag: Floods
Heavy rains in Texas, Louisiana add to misery in flood zones
BATON ROUGE, La. — Heavy rain kept pounding parts of Texas before moving over Louisiana on Wednesday, adding to the misery for people whose...
Study: Climate change added $8 billion to Sandy’s damages
<p>Climate change-triggered sea level rise added $8 billion in damage during 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, one of nation's costliest weather disasters, a new study said.</p>
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Drenching rains flood homes, swamp cars in south Louisiana
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Heavy rains that swept across southern Louisiana flooded homes, swamped cars and closed a major interstate on Tuesday. The brunt...
Study: Climate change added $8 billion to Sandy’s damages
Climate change-triggered sea level rise added $8 billion in damage during 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, one of nation's costliest weather disasters, a new study said.
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Drenching rains flood homes, swamp cars in south Louisiana
<p>LAKE CHARLES, La. — Heavy rains that swept across southern Louisiana flooded homes, swamped cars and closed a major interstate on Tuesday. The brunt...
Michigan flood victims may have to wait for accountability
LANSING, Mich — A lawsuit that accuses the state of Michigan of failing to regulate and enforce safety regulations on a dam that failed,...
Michigan flood victims may have to wait for accountability
<p>LANSING, Mich — A lawsuit that accuses the state of Michigan of failing to regulate and enforce safety regulations on a dam that failed,...
New Florida law seeks to protect state from sea level rise
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida — one of the most vulnerable places in the world to sea level rise — will spend hundreds of millions...
New Florida law seeks to protect state from sea level rise
<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida — one of the most vulnerable places in the world to sea level rise — will spend hundreds of millions...
Flood threats persist as storms continue to drench South
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Relentless wind and rain keeps pummeling much of the southeastern United States, spawning tornadoes, sparking a flash flood emergency in Alabama...