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Saskatchewan to send patients to Alberta for privatized surgery, but won’t pay for travel
Paul Merriman, minister of health, speaks to media at the Legislative Building in Regina on Oct. 27, 2021. Saskatchewan says it will be sending people to Alberta to get privatized surgeries, but the cost of travel won't be covered by the government. Merriman says the Saskatchewan Party government will begin paying a Calgary clinic this fall to perform 20 knee and hip surgeries a month for those on Saskatchewan's surgical wait list. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
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Historic floods spur climate change preps in Seoul
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Five Days At Memorial: The worst hospital crisis ever
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Record rainfall triggers fatal flooding in Seoul
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Biden surveys flood damage in Kentucky, pledges more federal help
U.S. President Joe Biden listens as he meets with residents affected by the recent flooding in Kentucky and views the damage and response efforts, in Lost Creek, Kentucky, U.S., August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Nine coal miners trapped after collapse in northern Mexico
FILE -- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Jan. 12, 2021. After years of promises, many Mexicans fear that the announcement of a corruption probe into former President Enrique Peña Nieto might be nothing more than a political tactic. (Luis Antonio Rojas/The New York Times)
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The pandemic isn’t over, but now we’re navigating it in the dark
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Officials warn death toll from Appalachian flooding expected to rise as more rain hits region
Van Jackson checks on his dog, Jack, who was stranded at a church by flood waters along Right Beaver Creek, following a day of heavy rain in in Garrett, Kentucky, U.S. July 28, 2022. Jackson owns an auto parts store in town and said he doesn't have flood insurance to cover his loss. Pat McDonogh/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
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Flooding caused by torrential rains kills at least three people in Kentucky
This image provided by Marlene Abner Stokely shows flooding by the Buckhorn Log Cathedral, Thursday, July 28, 2022 in Buckhorn, Ky. Heavy rains have caused flash flooding and mudslides as storms pound parts of central Appalachia. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says it's some of the worst flooding in state history. (Marlene Abner Stokely via AP)
british columbia
More Canadians buying flood insurance, but those in high-risk areas face hurdles
Debris flow in flood waters around a home in the Yarrow neighbourhood after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada November 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jesse Winter
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Ottawa pledges $870-million to B.C. after flooding
The levels of the Coldwater River in Merritt B.C. rise slightly in early June under the flood-destroyed Voght Street bridge. After heavy rains in November 2021 the river broke through its banks and flooded much of the town, while carving a new path through some neighbourhoods. Seven months after that catastrophic flooding forced the evacuation of the town, signs of destruction dot the low-lying areas along the river. Property owners and the municipality continue clean-up work and consider whether to stay and rebuild as climate disaster frequency increases in the B.C. Interior. June 2, 2022 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Ottawa to provide $870-million to support B.C. flood, landslide recovery efforts
Collapsed sections of bridges destroyed by severe flooding and landslides on the Coquihalla Highway north of Hope, B.C., are seen in an aerial view from a Canadian Forces reconnaissance flight on November 22, 2021. Canada's emergency preparedness minister Bill Blair says Ottawa is providing $870 million, with more to come, to support recovery efforts after destructive flooding in British Columbia last fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Heat wave, flooding leave multiple people dead in China
Residents spend their time in an air-raid shelter to escape summer heat amid a heatwave warning in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China July 12, 2022. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT.
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How will ‘managed retreat’ fit into Canada’s climate-change adaptation plans? Communities face hard choices in any scenario
The Coldwater River and the destroyed Voght Street bridge in Merritt, B.C. in early June. The catastrophic flooding in November 2021 covered most of the foreground, and altered the shape of the river leaving some riverbed exposed. Seven months after flooding forced the evacuation of the town the signs of destruction dot the low-lying area along the river. Property owners and the municipality continue clean-up work and consider whether to stay and rebuild as climate disaster frequency increases in the B.C. Interior. June 3, 2022 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Unsettled B.C. weather causes flash floods, complicates river level forecasts
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Thousands told to evacuate as Australian city of Sydney faces its fourth round of flooding
A general view shows a flooded area from the overflowing Hawkesbury river due to torrential rain in the Windsor suburb of Sydney on July 4, 2022. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP) (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sydney facing floods as 32,000 residents prepare to evacuate
A New South Wales State Emergency Service (SES) crew is seen in a rescue boat as roads are submerged under floodwater from the swollen Hawkesbury River in Windsor, northwest of Sydney, Monday, July 4, 2022. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)
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Australia’s southeast braces for floods
This photo taken on May 15, 2022, shows a general view of the devastation after the recent floods in the New South Wales town of Lismore. - Two months since an unprecedented flood, thousands of residents remain homeless and are struggling to recover. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Australia-vote-climate-flood, FOCUS by Maddison Connaughton (Photo by PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)
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B.C. watches flood risk as rains ease, but heat has potential to melt snowpack
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Rain, impending heat wave prompt warning and raise flood potential in B.C.
British Columbia's provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. The River Forecast Centre has upgraded it ranking of the the East Kootenay region to flood watch. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Flood watches still in effect for parts of B.C.’s southern Interior as waterways remain high
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Authorities in South Asia struggle to deliver food and drinking water to flooded villages
People collect food aid in a flooded residential area following heavy monsoon rainfalls in Companiganj on June 20, 2022. - At least 26 more people have died in monsoon flooding and lightning strikes in India, as millions remained marooned in the country and neighbouring Bangladesh, authorities said on June 20. (Photo by Maruf RAHMAN / AFP) (Photo by MARUF RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Heavy rain in parts of B.C. a concern for flood-prone areas, River Forecast Centre says
Residents and workers for the City of Fernie, B.C., fill sandbags in preparation for flooding along the Elk River, where heavy rain and spring snow melt threaten to push the river over its banks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-City of Fernie **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Flood stage in B.C. could remain for weeks with prolonged snowmelt or rain: expert
A property affected by November flooding of the Nicola River in southern B.C. is seen along Highway 8 on the Shackan Indian Band, northwest of Merritt, B.C., on Thursday, March 24, 2022. A high streamflow advisory and flood warning the River Forecast Centre issued earlier this week for northern British Columbia are being continued. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Calgary lifts its state of local emergency as storm forecast changes
City workers begin work constructing a flood berm across Memorial Drive in the Sunnyside district in Calgary on 14 June, 2022. Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek declared a state of emergency as a precautionary measure in the city in response to heavy rainfall.
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Flood emergency centre opens in Penticton as Okanagan Lake levels rise
Canadian Armed Forces make sandbag walls along shoreline of Lake Okanagan in West Kelowna, B.C., on Monday, May 21, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff Bassett
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Thunder showers, rain could mean flooding for part of B.C. southern Interior
Members of BC Wildfire Service carry sandbags to help with flooding mitigation efforts near Mission Creek in Kelowna, B.C., on June 14. (Aaron Hemens/Globe and Mail)
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Western Canada: Torrential rain prompts flood fears in Calgary, nine years after disaster
City workers begin work constructing a flood berm across Memorial Drive in the Sunnyside district in Calgary on 14 June 2022. Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek declared a state of emergency as a precautionary measure in the city in response to heavy rainfall.
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Calgary, other communities prepare for potential flooding along rain-swollen rivers
City workers begin work constructing a flood berm across Memorial Drive in the Sunnyside district in Calgary on 14 June 2022. Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek declared a state of emergency as a precautionary measure in the city in response to heavy rainfall.
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House falls into river near Yellowstone Nat'l Park
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Yellowstone flooding forces 10,000 to leave national park
The bridge to Tom Miner Basin off of Highway 89 south of Livingston has been washed out as major flooding washed away roads and set off mudslides in Yellowstone National Park in Montana on Monday. June 13, 2022. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)
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Heavy rains prompt state of emergency in Calgary, flooding fears in B.C.
A trio of people watch the Bow River in downtown Calgary on 14 June, 2022. Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek declared a state of emergency as a precautionary measure in the city in response to heavy rainfall.