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245 _aHalf of dams risk crumbling
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490 _aTimes
_v 13 November 2000, 7(1)
520 _aInsurance industry warns that up to 1,300 dams are at severe risk of crumbling. Global warming triggering extreme weather could increase 'overtopping' in which flood waters rise over the top of dams and erodes their earth embankments. Considers a report by the Chartered Insurance Institute on the impact of climate change in the UK.
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650 _aDAMS
650 _aGLOBAL WARMING
650 _aCLIMATE CHANGE
650 _aFLOODING
690 _aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY
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