Gaza Flooding Complicated By Sewage And Loss Of Power

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.

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus

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 unpredicted amount

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What Happened After Congress Announced Rising Sea Levels? Very Little

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.

Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica
By Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica

  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 funding bill, also required some modest action: That the Federal Emergency Management Agency use “the best

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Cambodia’s Flooding Brings Specter Of Disease

Each year rivers swell, lakes expand and villages sink beneath soupy brown waters. This year’s flooding is particularly miserable.

Patrick Winn
By Patrick Winn

  BANGKOK, Thailand — Flooding is a perennial pain in Cambodia, the low-lying, deeply impoverished nation squeezed between Thailand and Vietnam. About this time each year, rivers swell, lakes expand and villages sink beneath soupy brown waters. But this year’s flooding woes are proving particularly miserable. More than 100 are dead,

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Hurricane Sandy Victims Still Waiting On Federal Insurance Payments

One year after the storm, New Jersey residents report being “treated like criminals” for demanding their insurance payments.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

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 National Flood Insurance

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Colorado Flood Towns May Come Back Less Diverse

The 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

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Swollen Elbe River Breaches New Levee In Germany

The Elbe breached another levee early Monday on its relentless march toward the North Sea, forcing German authorities to evacuate 10 villages.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

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

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