Friday, September 13, 2013

U.S. Colorado: Floods

I never heard of such an erratic weather that we are experiencing this year. Floods all over North America. In Maritimes, Canada, some of the coastal communities are dealing with floods and damage caused by these floods. Many U.S. communities are dealing with excessive floods. Colorado is hit quite hard this year and three deaths have been reported so far.

CUT OFF: A flash flood destroyed a bridge near a home in Golden, Colo., Thursday. Flooding in Colorado left three people dead, prompted hundreds to be evacuated, caused building collapses and stranded cars, officials said. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)WSJ

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"The governor of Colorado on Friday ordered the National Guard into a town outside Boulder in hopes of evacuating hundreds of people feared stranded by record floods that were ravaging the state for a third day.

Gov. John Hickenlooper said it had to be “the largest storm that I can imagine in the state’s history.” Read more here

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2 comments:

  1. Lorne3:59 pm

    I've been following the Colorado flooding closely, LeDaro. Whoever dismisses climate change at this late hour is beyond idiocy or an inveterate right-winger. (Is there any difference between the two?)

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  2. LeDaro4:32 pm

    Lorne, idiocy or an inveterate right-winger. (Is there any difference between the two?.

    No difference whatsoever.

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