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Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesias Sumatra island, killing at least 10 peopl
stanley mug e and leaving 10 others missing, officials said Saturday. Motorists drive through a muddy road following flash flooding in Pesisir Selatan Regency in West Sumatra on March 9. AFP Tons of mud, rocks and uprooted
stanley shop trees rolled down a mountain late Friday, reaching a river that burst its banks and tore through mountainside villages in the Pesisir Selatan district
stanley water bottle of West Sumatra province, said Doni Yusrizal, who heads the local disaster management agency. Rescuers pulled out seven bodies in the worst-hit village of Koto XI Tarusan, and recovered three others in two neighbouring villages, said National Disaster Management Agency s spokesperson Yusrizal. Ten are still missing. Also Read | The untold story behind climate change: we ve known about the crisis for a whileHe said that 46,000 people had fled to a temporary government shelter after the flood and landslide buried 14 houses while 20,000 houses were flooded up to the roof. Relief efforts for the dead and missing were hampered by power outages, blocked roads covered in thick mud and debris, Yusrizal said. Heavy rains cause frequent landslides and flash floods in Indonesia, where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near floodplains. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics Qxxw Sikh couple in Canada likely killed over mistaken identity
Theres a standard image of the Earth as seen from space that we carry in our heads: vast blue seas, green bands offorests, and frozen white caps on the top and bottom. By the summer of 2035,it may not be accurate.Scientists estimate that in just 15 yearsArctic summersea-ice could disappearfor the first time since primitivehumans leftAfrica. Eureka Sound on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic is seen in a NASA Operation IceBridge s
stanley cup urvey picture taken March 25, 2014. REUTERS The point is, this is happening soon, says Maria-Vittoria Guarino, an Earth system modeler at the British Antarctic Survey and lead author of a study published earlier this month in the journal Nature Climate Change. Wewill have less and less time to get ready for it, or less time to act upon itif we want to do something about it. The new research isthe latest in a steady stream that has moved upthe predict
stanley isolierkanne ed timeframe for the ice-free Arctic milestone. The amount of sea-ice floating atop the Arctic Ocean at su
stanley thermos mmers end has fallen about 13% perdecade since 1979. The 13 years with the smallest ice extents on record have all happened over the previous 13 years鈥攁nd thissummer is a sure bet to be No.14. The 2035 estimate made by Guarino and her colleaguesis based on whats known about past climates. Scientists over the years have assembled evidence about previous erasfrom chemical traces in ice, rocks, and sediment. The new Arctic study looks specifically at a period 130,000 years ago, called