Former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal once declared that ‘the Obama administration is holding us hostage to their radical ideas’ about climate change, but thousands in the state are suffering from the very real effects of historic flooding caused by climate change.
The trauma of the flooding has been exacerbated by the Israeli blockade — in place since 2006 and credited with wrecking the economy and causing a humanitarian crisis.
Flooding in the last week has displaced tens of thousands of Gaza Strip residents, with matters being made worse by a lack of electricity, raw sewage spilling into flood waters, and the Israeli enforced blockade.
Inclement weather that hit much of the region in the form of snow last week has been to blame for the floods, but an
Congress acknowledged climate change through the rising of sea levels last year, but no progress has been made on how to protect from the future risks of flooding.
Congress did something unusual last year. It passed a bill that acknowledged that sea levels are rising — i.e., that climate change is happening. The measure in question, buried near the end of a 584-page transportation
Each year rivers swell, lakes expand and villages sink beneath soupy brown waters. This year’s flooding is particularly miserable.
One year after the storm, New Jersey residents report being “treated like criminals” for demanding their insurance payments.
A year after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on New Jersey’s shore, home and business owners are still wading through a mess of red tape, calling out the government for delaying payments and aid while refusing to answer complaints.
The sentiment among those still waiting for flood insurance policies through the government’s NationalThe disaster hit rich and poor alike, but some residents will be able to afford to wait and rebuild, while others will not.
LYONS, Colo. — The storms that raged through the Rocky Mountain foothills instantly remade the landscape and disrupted thousands of lives. They may have also changed the character of the funky mountain hamlets that dot the Front Range. The disaster hit rich and poor alike, but some residents will be able to afford to wait and rebuild, while
The Elbe breached another levee early Monday on its relentless march toward the North Sea, forcing German authorities to evacuate 10 villages.
BERLIN — The swollen Elbe River breached another levee early Monday on its relentless march toward the North Sea, forcing German authorities to evacuate 10 villages and shut down one of the country's main railway routes. As the surge from the Elbe pushed into rural eastern Germany, there was some relief further upstream as the river slipped back
