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Curated Video

Deadly Flooding Hits Western Europe

Higher Ed
Rescuers were rushing Friday to help people trapped in their homes in the town of Erftstadt, southwest of Cologne.
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Bloomberg

This Was a Storm Like We've Never Seen Before: Mayor de Blasio

Higher Ed
Sep.02 -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio calls last night's storm "horrifying." Police say nine people died in New York City from flooding.
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Curated Video

After Ida Soaks Northeast U.S., Cleanup And Mourning Continues

Higher Ed
The storm unleashed punishing rain, wind, and tornadoes across six states.
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Bloomberg

NY Flooding Leaves Cars and Trucks Stranded

Higher Ed
Sep.03 -- It's still hard to get around parts of New York City after the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through. This is video of flooding on the Major Deegan Expressway Thursday afternoon in the Bronx. Many vehicles were stranded, and...
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Curated Video

President Biden Directs Federal Aid To NY, NJ After Flooding

Higher Ed
An existing emergency declaration issued last week enabled state, county and local governments to get reimbursed for disaster spending.
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Curated Video

22 Dead, Many Missing After 17 Inches Of Rain In Tennessee

Higher Ed
Intense rescue operations are underway to find at least 17 others who are still missing.
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Bloomberg

Catastrophic Floods Sweep Through China’s Henan Province

Higher Ed
Jul.21 -- More than two dozen people have died and 100,000 have been evacuated as catastrophic floods swept through the central Chinese province of Henan. Bloomberg’s John Liu reports on “Bloomberg Markets: China Open.”
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Curated Video

Flooding Forces Evacuations In Washington State

Higher Ed
Officials say the levee system could be vulnerable in the next storm event as well.
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Curated Video

Australia Flood Threat Moves North As Sydney Area Emergency Eases

Higher Ed
Evacuation orders and official warnings to abandon homes were given to 60,000 people Thursday — down from 85,000 —in the New South Wales province.
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Curated Video

Flooded Kentucky Area Now Hit With Rain As Air Crews Continue Search

Higher Ed
Perry, Knott and Letcher Counties are some of the poorest in the U.S., and they continue to be under a flood advisory after streams drenched the area.
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Curated Video

Catastrophic Flooding In The Appalachian Mountains

Higher Ed
Residents in the Appalachians are being rescued by teams due to catastrophic flooding that have caused power outages and limited cell service.
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Bloomberg

New Zealand in State of Emergency Over Storm

Higher Ed
New Zealand has declared a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle swept across the nation's North Island, causing floods, landslides and power outages. Tracy Withers reports on Bloomberg Television.
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Bloomberg

Dorian Hits Bahamas With 165 MPH Winds, Possible 23-Feet Storm Surge

Higher Ed
Sep.02 -- Hurricane Dorian, tied as the most powerful storm to hit land anywhere in the Atlantic, battered the Bahamas inflicting colossal damage to property and infrastructure across the chain of islands. Bloomberg's Stuart Wallace...
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Bloomberg

Climate Risk Requires Fundamental Reshaping of Finance: BlackRock

Higher Ed
Jan.20 -- Philipp Hildebrand, vice chairman at BlackRock, discusses the asset manager's plan to ditch investments with high sustainability-related risk as climate concerns drive a sweeping change in the way the firm invests its $7...
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Bloomberg

The Coming Storm of Climate Change

Higher Ed
Apr.19 -- Hurricanes, droughts, and other extreme weather raise the question: Was that related to global warming? This short video looks at what scientists call climate attribution studies, which gauge how big an influence humanity may...
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Bloomberg

Harvey Highlights Houston's Problems With City Planning

Higher Ed
Aug.31 -- Hurricane Harvey is a devastating reminder to Houston that nature will have its due. Bloomberg Businessweek's Peter Coy takes a look at the problems with Houston's city planning on "Bloomberg Markets."
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Curated OER

Flooding in Canutillo

5th - 12th
In 2006 there was a terrible storm that led to the flooding of the small town of Canutillo. Listen and watch as a young boy describes the causes and effects of this flood. This is a very interesting video because the boy interviews and...
Instructional Video2:35
Curated OER

4 Degrees Warmer: Great Cities Wash Away

7th - 12th
Our planet, if four-degrees warmer, will be "unrecognizable" according to one scientist. Flooding will be rampant and rivers like the Ganges will self-destruct. See what else could happen in "5 Degrees Warmer..." following this clip.
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Curated OER

5 Degrees Warmer: Civilization Collapses

7th - 12th
Imagine the world five degrees warmer: large, uninhabitable deserts span across the globe, forcing refugees to flee to cooler areas with water. Human civilization may very well diminish as social systems break down and people turn...
Instructional Video2:08
Curated OER

Could Just One Degree Change the World?

7th - 12th
A one-degree change in the earth's climate does not seem like a problem, but the rate at which our climate is changing is frightening. Of all the recorded temperature changes, our planet is currently warmer than it has ever been. If the...
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Curated OER

6 Degrees Warmer: Mass Extinction?

7th - 12th
In this final clip of climate change by National Geographic, a "doomsday scenario" is shown. Truly, six degrees difference will change the world as we know it, having devastating effects on all life forms. Let's prevent this by making...
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: When Nature Strikes: Flash Floods

9th - 10th
Flash floods can happen anywhere, but factors such as heavy precipitation, geography and soil conditions can put some areas at greater risk. Russ Schumacher at Colorado State University is studying these factors to make more accurate...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Tale of Two Coastlines, Skirted by Swelling Seas

9th - 10th
Reports from the National Research Council and the U.S. Geological Survey say that sea levels on both coasts of the United States are rising at an accelerating rate. Oceanographer Peter Howd talks about what's pushing up the oceans, and...
Instructional Video
Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Natural Hazards

9th - 10th
In this video, Paul Andersen explains how natural disasters (like earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and flooding) have affected and will continue to affect humans on the planet. Many of the natural hazards (like volcanoes and storms) can...