California insurance crisis: Angry Orinda homeowners want action
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Deaths mount and water rationed as India faces record heat
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Icelandic volcano located near the famous Blue Lagoon has erupted once again – the fifth such eruption since December
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Mexico City and Bogotá stare down a ‘Day Zero’ without water
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Icelanders are famously hardy, but after volcanic eruptions cracked open twenty-metre-deep fissures in Grindavík, residents are asking if they'll ever be allowed back home
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Canada’s fire season erupts, sending harmful smoke into United States
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At least 147 dead in monumental flood in Brazil. 127 missing.
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Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water
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Guangdong’s expected massive river flooding threatens millions after it ‘rained like a waterfall’
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Hawaii lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire amplifies Maui housing crisis
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Maui wildfire report: Officials declined extra help before a deadly inferno engulfed Lahaina, killing more than 100 people
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More than 11,000 evacuated in northern Indonesia as Ruang volcano erupts
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4.8 earthquake in central New Jersey; felt in Philadelphia, New York
Comment box Scope: personal anecdote Tone: neutral Opinion: yes? Sarcasm/humor: none I assume everyone in the New York/New Jersey/eastern PA/maybe northern Delaware area just felt their buildings...
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- Scope: personal anecdote
- Tone: neutral
- Opinion: yes?
- Sarcasm/humor: none
I assume everyone in the New York/New Jersey/eastern PA/maybe northern Delaware area just felt their buildings shaking.
That was a 4.8 magnitude earthquake originating near Lebanon, NJ (a ways west of Edison). You can look at the details from the US government's earthquake tracking website.
I've never felt an earthquake before, so that was something. I thought the people above me had turned on a motorcycle or something. I had no clue what could shake the building like that. Then it dawned on me. Not the place you expect these things. (I'm sure the Californians find this cute!)
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Dozens trapped in tunnels after Taiwan’s strongest quake in twenty-five years kills at least nine
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Phoenix passes historic ordinance giving outdoor workers protection from extreme heat
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Sulfur dioxide pumped out by the erupting volcano on Iceland is currently traveling across northern Europe – scientists concerned it could impact the ozone layer
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Connecticut, USA wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects
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A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland after another volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula – the fourth since December
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350,000 Californians are now on the FAIR Plan, the last resort for fire insurance. Now what?
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Copenhagen is just one city among many around the world taking a novel approach to prevent repeated flooding. It is becoming a sponge.
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The spiralling cost of insuring against climate disasters – rising home premiums are a de facto ‘carbon price’ on consumers as extreme weather events become more frequent
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Climate change threatens Europe’s trains, but resilience is expensive
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Iceland plans to buy out home owners in volcano-struck town of Grindavík – total cost of the buyout could be as much as $440 million
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Border collies run like the wind to bring new life to Chilean forest after fire
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Category 6 hurricanes have arrived
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State of emergency has been declared in Iceland after lava from a volcanic eruption damaged key hot water pipes
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New report shows that a crowded historic neighborhood suffered disproportionate casualties in Lahaina Hawaii fire
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The extraordinary world of fake cities, and simulated urban environments
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Attempts to plant new Joshua Trees after destructive fires assisted by load carrying camels
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Grindavík in Iceland now lies empty. Its people have fled and are beginning to face up to the realisation they may never be able live there again.
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Seismic City by Joanna Dyl: an economic class and political history of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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Norway hit by hurricane-force winds – is climate change making Europe's extreme storms worse?
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How a huge rainfall simulator helps Japan study and prevent landslides
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Iceland battles a lava flow – countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it's hard to stop molten rock
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Iceland residents of Grindavík, first evacuated in November, have been told to evacuate again after volcanic fissures opened
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Saving the drought stricken Panama Canal will take years and cost billions, if it’s even possible
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As Houthi missiles block the Suez, drought depletes the Panama Canal
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Japan's 7.6-magnitude earthquake lifted land out of the sea, extending parts of its coastline by as much as 820 feet
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Powerful quake rocks Japan, nearly 100,000 residents ordered to evacuate
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Hooked on volcanoes? Tourists vie to catch Iceland's eruptions.
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The world’s largest earthquake simulator, and how it works
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After 800 years, volcanic activity has returned to Reykjanes – Andri Snær Magnason reflects on the Icelandic relationship with volcanoes
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Eruption has started in Iceland
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Why is the Colorado River running dry?
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‘Green roads’ are plowing ahead, buffering drought and floods
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US emergency risk index used for allocating disaster prevention and mitigation spending ignores coastal Washington tsunami risk and other predictable disasters
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Windowless skyscrapers. These often misunderstood structures play mysterious roles in our urban landscape. In this video we explore the purposes and intriguing stories of these architectural anomalies
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Weather extremes threaten food security (2012)
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Bamboo rising: Lari Octa Green shelters by Yasmeen Lari in Sindh province, Pakistan
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In the face of mounting climate risks, the US insurance safety net is falling apart
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