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… impervious surfaces in urbanized areas and changes in rainfall intensity leading to dangerous floods and poor water quality. How can conservation and nature-based solutuions protect these …

… and was happy Democratic candidates have begun to really address the latter. "We've had flooding in Iowa how many years? … Whether you call it global warming, climate change or what, …

… from crowded and squalid camps on the country's border with Myanmar, officials said Jan. 16. Flood protection embankments, houses, hospitals and mosques have been built on Bhasan Char, or …

… started in 2014, when he visited communities in South East Nigeria that witnessed damaging flooding some months earlier. He had received a report about the effect of flooding in the communities. More than 1,000 people were displaced. The government promised to … middle of the night, cuddling her 2-year-old baby, when she found out that her room had been flooded. With her wrapper girdled around her waist, she held her baby firmly at her back and …

… God speaks over the watery wastes to bring forth the world. Then, the receding waters of the flood when a dove appears to signal a new beginning for the world in peace. Then, the waters of …

… climate deterioration means warmer, rising oceans. The Union of Concerned Scientists predicts flooding and abandonment of major naval bases along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts by 2050. The …

… and climate change). Disasters in the news: Church workers join aid distribution after Jakarta floods leave 60 dead Australian Catholics seek prayers as fires continue in four states A …

… in 2002, when a letter arrived saying the government was planning to build a dam that would flood the isolated little village, a project aimed at providing water for the city of …

… (Karina) has joined the Jakarta Archdiocese in distributing aid to people hard hit by floods that have killed dozens of people in and around Indonesia's capital. Ucanews.org reported the floods are considered among the worst to have hit the Indonesian capital and its suburbs since … According to the National Disaster Management Agency, at least 60 people have died because of floods and landslides in Jakarta, West Java and Banten provinces, while more than 90,000 people …

… busy year. At its best, journalism helps make sense of what would be an otherwise overwhelming flood of information. One of the biggest boosts to accomplishing that in the digital era is the …

… Gary Moos … I was fishing in the Potomac River when the flash floods hit . Driving home, the rising waters swamped our 2005 Toyota and totaled it. According to … maps, my ten-minute fishing commute was about to become four minutes longer. In fact, that flood added so much more. We went car-less, and I got a bike. Now, my trips to the pier include … without the metal and glass cage I used to drive. Columbia engineering researchers say flash floods are on the rise due to climate change and various human influences . That sounds right to …

… change was impacting Zimbabwean communities through "increasingly frequent droughts, floods, and cyclones" with the growing season becoming longer, "which means farmers have to wait …

… In his first letter, John affirms that our encounter with Jesus sends grace — divine nature – flooding into human nature, perfecting its original potential to become one with God, first …

… Christmas trees are used to restore sand dunes, which play an important role as a barrier to flooding and beach erosion. Christmas trees were also used to create sand dunes following 2012's …

… first scratches. My friend had a few scratches too. We retrieved his cycle from the bank of a flooded field. Close call. When one meets a friend on a village road in Bangladesh, it is …

… is extremely vulnerable to climate change, and is often ravaged by cyclones, droughts and floods. It was during Cyclone Nargis in 2008 that the Catholic church in Myanmar realized the …

… the flowers are wilting, farmland is turning into desert, and we have either little rain or floods. Scientists tell us that oceans are rising. Cities will be inundated. Weather patterns …

… failed, largely due to extreme weather, from droughts that lasted for months on end, to flooding which wiped out whole villages, added Johnson. The United Nations said Dec, 3 that it …

… resiliency, stewardship of the land in light of climate change, how climate change impacts flooding and DuPage County’s rivers and streams, impacts of climate change on birds and migratory …

… and I first came across the theology of Sallie McFague. Her death last month evoked a flood of memories related to my first experience with her work. It also reminded me of many hours …