#Blaze extinguished on stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka

“#Blaze extinguished on stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka” Fireboats battling to extinguish a fire on the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond off Sri Lanka’s eastern coast A massive fire on a stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s coast has been extinguished, the island nation’s navy said Sunday, as international salvage experts began to…

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#Typhoon unleashes rain, strong winds in southern Japan

“#Typhoon unleashes rain, strong winds in southern Japan” High waves pound the coast of the Kagoshima city, southwestern Japan Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands on Sunday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes without power as it edged northward…

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#Sudan declares state of emergency over deadly floods

“#Sudan declares state of emergency over deadly floods” A man carries belongings as he wades through of a flooded road in the town of Shaqilab, about (25 km) southwest of the capital, Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali) Sudanese authorities declared their country a natural disaster area and imposed a three-month state…

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#NASA satellite finds Haishen now a super typhoon

“#NASA satellite finds Haishen now a super typhoon” NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of Super Typhoon Haishen moving through the Philippine Sea on Sept. 4. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Philippine Sea on Sept. 4 and provided a visible…

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#The potential of green infrastructure in mitigating flood impacts

“#The potential of green infrastructure in mitigating flood impacts” Courtney Crosson and UA architecture students facilitate a mapping activity to identify current flooding challenges at a neighborhood meeting. Credit: Portland State University Short-term flooding from extreme storm events poses a serious transportation challenge in U.S. cities. This problem—which is anticipated to grow over the next…

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#Indonesia’s coastal communities shoulder the impacts of ocean plastic

“#Indonesia’s coastal communities shoulder the impacts of ocean plastic” Credit: University of Queensland The urgency of reducing single-use plastic in global supply chains has been highlighted by a University of Queensland study in collaboration with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences. UQ Business School researcher Dr. Anna Phelan said the social and economic costs of plastic…

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