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Business in now worried
Global
Warming: Top Firms 'Fear Climate Change'
Major companies are increasingly
concerned that they are at risk from climate change in the face of recent
extreme weather events such as drought and floods, according to a report.
More than a third (37%) see the
physical risks of a changing climate such as extreme weather, rising sea levels
and water scarcity as a real and present danger, up from just 10% two years
ago, says the latest Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) survey of top global
companies.
Four-fifths (81%) identify climate
change risks to their business operations, supply chains and plans, up from 71%
last year.
Of the 379 of the 500 companies
who responded to the CDP's request for information about climate strategies and
emissions data, 78% say they are now integrating climate change into their business
strategy, up from 68% last year, the annual CDP Global 500 report said.
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EAST COAST HIT
Two
tornadoes hit New York City as severe weather lashes region
NYC cleans up from 2
twisters after Eastern storms
NEW YORK (AP) — Strong storms that pummeled the East Coast spawned
at least two damaging tornadoes in New York City, flooded the streets of some
New England towns and left tens of thousands in the dark in the Washington, D.C.,
area.
No serious
injuries were reported when a twister hit a beachfront neighborhood Saturday on
the edge of New York City and a
second, stronger tornado followed moments later about 10 miles away. Residents
got advance notice, but still the storm took people by surprise.
"I was
showing videos
of tornadoes to my
4-year-old on my phone, and two minutes later, it hit," said Breezy
Point neighborhood
resident Peter Maloney. "Just like they always say, it sounded like a
train."
The
unsettled weather, part of a cold front that crossed over the Eastern Seaboard,
toppled trees and power lines and damaged buildings as it went. Wind gusts
reached 70 mph in some places.
Tornado-like
funnel clouds were reported in Fairfax County, Va., and in Prince George's
County, Md., but had not been confirmed by Saturday evening, meteorologist Andy
Woodcock of the National Weather Service said.
One person
suffered minor injuries during a partial stage collapse at the Rosslyn Jazz
Festival in Arlington County, Va., and six people were evacuated from a
Washington apartment building when a tree fell on it. Fairfax County officials
reported three home cave-ins because of downed trees, a water rescue in the
Potomac River and dozens of electrical wires down.
As of 10
p.m., about 58,000 customers were without electricity in northern Virginia,
according to Dominion Virginia Power. Pepco reported outages to roughly 50,000
customers in the District of Columbia and Maryland's Prince George's and
Montgomery counties. BGE reported about 9,300 outages, most in Prince George's
and Anne Arundel counties.
In New York
City, videos taken by bystanders showed a funnel sucking up water, then sand,
and then small pieces of buildings as the first tornado moved through the
Breezy Point section of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens.
At the Breezy Point
Surf Club, it ripped the roofs off rows of cabanas, scattered deck
chairs and left a heavy metal barbecue and propane tank sitting in the middle
of a softball field, at least 100 yards from any home.
"It
picked up picnic benches. It picked up Dumpsters," said the club's general
manager, Thomas Sullivan.
In the
storm's wake, broken flower pots, knocked-down fences and smashed windows
littered the community of seaside bungalows. Half an hour later, the weather
was beautiful, but Sullivan had to close the club to clean up the damage.
The roof of
Bob O'Hara's cabana was torn off, leaving tubes of sunscreen, broken beer
bottles and an old TV set exposed to the elements.
"We got
a new sunroof," said O'Hara, who has spent summer weekends at the Breezy
Point club for his entire 52 years. "The TV was getting thrown out
anyway," he added.
The second
twister hit to the northwest, in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn but also near
the water, about seven minutes later. The National Weather Service said winds
were up to 110 miles per hour, and several homes and trees were damaged.
Tornadoes
are traditionally rare in the New York City area, but they have occurred with
regularity in recent years. A small tornado uprooted trees on Long Island last
month.
In 2010, a
September storm spawned two tornadoes that knocked down thousands of trees and
blew off a few rooftops in Brooklyn and Queens. A small tornado struck the same
year in the Bronx. In 2007, a more powerful tornado damaged homes in Brooklyn
and Staten Island.
More than
1,100 customers lost power Saturday in New York City.
Across New York state, in Buffalo, strong winds blew
roofing off some buildings and sent bricks falling into the street. The city of
Albany canceled the evening portion of an outdoor jazz festival because of the
threat of storms.
More than
6,000 customers were without power in East in Warren County, another 1,500 or
so lost power in other areas upstate, and about 3,000 customers in the Hudson
Valley were affected.
With wind
gusts reaching up to 60 mph, the storms moved into New England, flooding roads,
toppling trees and snapping power lines.
For about
three hours, the storm barraged western Massachusetts, western Connecticut and
part of New Hampshire before tapering off near Rhode Island, but not before
flooding roads in East Providence, the National Weather Service said.
In Fall
River, Mass., floodwaters reached up to car windshields and stalled out dozens
of vehicles. A daycare center was evacuated and St. Anne's Hospital emergency
room flooded.
In New
Hampshire, television station WMUR reported 4,000 power outages. The storm
reached every county in Vermont, all within a two-hour window, but mercifully
left the state without any extraordinary damage, according to early reports.
Weather
Service meteorologist John Cannon said the storms by late Saturday had come and
gone in Maine, where the concern then became high swells of 4 to 8 feet on the
beaches and rip currents that would make it dangerous to be out on the water
Sunday.
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Quakes kill at least 64
in mountainous SW China
BEIJING (AP) — Twin earthquakes and a spate of aftershocksstruck southwestern
China on Friday, toppling
thousands of houses and sending boulders cascading across roads. At least 64
people were killed and hundreds injured in the remote mountainous area, and more
than 100,000 residents were evacuated.
Damage was
preventing rescuers from reaching outlying towns, and communications were
disrupted after the midday quakes hit along the borders of Guizhou and Yunnan
provinces, a rural region where some of China's poorest people live.
The first
5.6-magnitude quake struck just before 11:30 a.m. and was followed by an
equally strong quake shortly after noon, joined by dozens of aftershocks.
Though of moderate strength, the quakes were shallow, which often causes more damage.
Hardest hit
was Yiliang County, where all but one of the deaths occurred, according to the
Yunnan provincial government's official website. Another 715 people in the area
were injured. Yiliang's high population density, shoddy building construction and
propensity for landslides were blamed for the relatively high death toll.
Nearby
Cities
1.
1km (1mi) SW of Jiaokui, China
2.
39km (24mi) NE of Zhaotong, China
3.
84km (52mi) NNW of Weining, China
4.
120km (75mi) SW of Xunchang, China
5.
750km (466mi) NNW of Ha Noi, Vietnam
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M7.6 - 10km NE of Hojancha,
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Hurricane
Isaac Power Outages Remain Across Louisiana (PHOTOS)
NEW ORLEANS — Much of a finger-shaped parish
southeast of New Orleans was still covered with floodwater Sunday and more than
200,000 people across Louisiana still didn't have any power, five days after
Isaac ravaged the state. Thousands of evacuees remained at shelters or bunked
with friends or relatives.
No Water or Power Means
Days of Misery for Louisiana
At least six
storm-related deaths have been reported
People stand by an intentional levy breach
created to alleviate trapped floodwater in Braithwaite, La. on Thursday. (AP)
BELLE CHASE, La. (AP) - Floodwaters from Isaac receded, power came on and businesses opened Friday ahead of the holiday weekend, the beginning of what is certain to be a slow recovery for Louisiana.
Newly-nominated Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited flood-ravaged communities, and President Barack Obama said he would arrive Monday, appearances this part of the country is all too familiar with after Katrina and the Gulf oil spill.
Meanwhile, the leftovers from the storm pushed into the drought-stricken Midwest, knocking out power to thousands of people in Arkansas. At least six people were killed in the storm in Mississippi Louisiana.
BELLE CHASE, La. (AP) - Floodwaters from Isaac receded, power came on and businesses opened Friday ahead of the holiday weekend, the beginning of what is certain to be a slow recovery for Louisiana.
Newly-nominated Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited flood-ravaged communities, and President Barack Obama said he would arrive Monday, appearances this part of the country is all too familiar with after Katrina and the Gulf oil spill.
Meanwhile, the leftovers from the storm pushed into the drought-stricken Midwest, knocking out power to thousands of people in Arkansas. At least six people were killed in the storm in Mississippi Louisiana.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — When drought made Fourth of July fireworks a fire
hazard, organizers in Chesterfield, Mo., decided to try again Labor Day
weekend. Go figure: Now rain from the remnants ofHurricane
Isaac has forced
them to cancel again.
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