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Federal spending on weather event preparedness lagging	20.6.2013	LA Times: Nation
Federal spending on weather event preparedness lagging
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Flooding Damages Lourdes, French Holy Site	20.6.2013	NYT > World
Flooding Damages Lourdes, French Holy Site
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Before and after photos: Duluth flood recovery	19.6.2013	Minnesota Public Radio: News
Up to 10 inches of rain fell over northeastern Minnesota in June 2012, causing more than $100 million in damage. A year later, much -- but not all -- of that damage has been repaired.
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2012 floods devastated NE Minnesota's environment; sustainable solutions planned	19.6.2013	Minnesota Public Radio: Science
The widespread flooding that hit northeastern Minnesota one year ago wiped away roads and bridges and damaged schools, businesses and homes. But the deluge also significantly damaged the environment, and Duluth is working with the Minnesota DNR to repair the damage in environmentally-sustainable ways.
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Monsoon floods kill 102 in India, strand pilgrims	19.6.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
India's prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially.
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Monsoon floods kill 102 in India, strand pilgrims	19.6.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
India's prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially.
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Monsoon floods kill 86 in India, strand pilgrims	19.6.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
A joint army and air force operation has evacuated nearly 12,000 Hindu pilgrims stranded in a mountainous area by torrential monsoon rains and landslides in northern India, but nearly 63,000 people remain cut off, a senior official said Wednesday.
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World Bank highlights climate-poverty link	19.6.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
World Bank highlights climate-poverty link
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Monsoon floods kill 69 in India, strand pilgrims	19.6.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
India's army and air force have evacuated nearly 12,000 Hindu pilgrims stranded in a mountainous area after torrential monsoon rains and landslides caused death and destruction in northern India.
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Monsoon floods kill 69 in India, strand pilgrims	19.6.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Monsoon floods kill 69 in India, strand pilgrims
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World's poorest will feel brunt of climate change, warns World Bank	19.6.2013	Guardian: Science
Droughts, floods, sea-level rises and fiercer storms likely to undermine progress in developing world and hit food supply Millions of people around the world are likely to be pushed back into poverty because climate change is undermining economic development in poor countries, the World Bank has warned. Droughts, floods, heatwaves, sea-level rises and fiercer storms are likely to accompany increasing global warming and will cause severe hardship in areas that are already poor or were emerging from poverty, the bank said in a report. Food shortages will be among the first consequences within just two decades, along with damage to cities from fiercer storms and migration as people try to escape the effects. In sub-Saharan Africa, increasing droughts and excessive heat are likely to mean that within about 20 years the staple crop maize will no longer thrive in about 40% of current farmland. In other parts of the region rising temperatures will kill or degrade swaths of the savanna used to ...
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Tropical depression dumps heavy rain on Central America as it heads toward southern Mexico	19.6.2013	Star Tribune: World

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Army leads north India flood rescue	19.6.2013	BBC South Asia
Military helicopters lead rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 130 people are now known to have died.
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Tropical depression heads toward southern Mexico	19.6.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Tropical depression heads toward southern Mexico
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New NYC evacuation zones include almost 3M people	19.6.2013	AP National
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly 3 million New Yorkers' homes are now in evacuation zones that cover more than a third of the city's population, under new maps released Tuesday....
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New Storm Evacuation Zones Add 600,000 City Residents	19.6.2013	NY Times: NY Region
New Storm Evacuation Zones Add 600,000 City Residents
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New NYC evacuation zones include almost 3M people	19.6.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
New NYC evacuation zones include almost 3M people
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New NYC evacuation zones include almost 3M people	19.6.2013	Star Tribune: Latest
Nearly 3 million New Yorkers' homes are now in evacuation zones that cover more than a third of the city's population, under new maps released Tuesday.
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16 killed in Nepal floods (Cached)	18.6.2013	New Kerala: World News
Kathmandu, June 18 : At least 16 people were killed and several others went missing in Nepal in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, officials said Tuesday.
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Floods Kill Scores in Northern India	18.6.2013	Wall St. Journal: World
Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 67 people, with thousands missing or stranded, in north India since Saturday, according to government officials.
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