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Following purchase, Prospect Medical appoints new Crozer-Keystone CEO

Edit Business Journal 12 Jul 2016
With the sale of Crozer-Keystone Health System to Prospect Medical Holdings approved, the Delaware County-based health care provider appointed a new chief executive officer and announced the retirement of its current CEO ... She will be replaced by Patrick Gavin, who is currently the chief operating officer of the health system. Prospect named Gavin as Richard's replacement on Monday, 10 days after the hospital owner… ... ....

Expert: People forget pain, move into danger

Edit China Daily 12 Jul 2016
A leading expert on the Yangtze River is warning of potential danger as China battles flooding along its longest river. Chen Jin, vice-dean of the Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute, said that people have moved back into some flood retention areas in the Yangtze River Basin after an unprecedented disaster in 1998 drove them out ... "Every time after experiencing a flood disaster with great loss, people left," Chen said....

Assam floods: One killed; situation critical in six districts

Edit Indian Express 12 Jul 2016
The flood water breaking the embankment of Bhogdoi river in Jorhat on July 8 ... One person was killed after being swept away by flood waters in Assam’s Morigaon district while the situation in five other affected districts remained “critical”. About 1.35 lakh people have been hit by the devastating floods that have distroyed embankments and roads ... Assam floods....

Grafton's half yearly revenues up over 13%

Edit RTE 12 Jul 2016
The company's chief executive Gavin Slark said that the Brexit vote was "likely to weigh on demand in the new housing and repairs, maintenance and improvement markets" over the remainder of the year.  ... to take advantage of any opportunities that may emerge across the markets in which it operates," Gavin Slark added....

The Latest: West Virginia's Greenbrier hotel reopens

Edit Springfield News-Sun 12 Jul 2016
The Latest on the reopening of The Greenbrier resort's hotel following devastating floods in West Virginia (all times local). ... The Greenbrier hotel has reopened more than two weeks after the West Virginia resort's property was ravaged by flooding ... The June 23 floods left 15 people dead in Greenbrier County and 23 statewide....

Madhya Pradesh flood: Seven more dead, toll climbs to 22

Edit Indian Express 12 Jul 2016
People moving out of flood affected Sharda Nagar colony in Bhopal on July 10. Seven more persons died in flood-related incidents in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the toll so far in rain-related incidents to 22, even as the meteorological department predicted more rainfall in almost the entire state ... He said, 2,360 houses have been completely damaged due to the flood while 17,236 houses have been partially damaged....

MP Floods: Normal life continues to be affected, 33 districts report excess rains

Edit Indian Express 12 Jul 2016
Floods in MP. People being rescued by Municipal Corporation employees from flood affected Sharda Nagar colony in Bhopal ... MP Floods. Situation worsens in Vidisha Rains lash north India, J&K; sees worst floods in six decades Flood situation ... However, flood situation in Vidisha and Raisen has improved....

Citizens use their own vehicle to block flood

Edit China Daily 12 Jul 2016
Drivers voluntarily drove their trucks into the turbulent water in an attempt to block floodwater in Huarong county, Central China's Hunan province, said a flood control official, the news Wechat account Boyangcongpeople reported ... The breach at the Xinhua flood detention basin was plugged Tuesday morning, according to the Hunan province flood control authorities ... The flood was turbulent and the gap was reaching 17-meter wide."....

Committee agrees three month exemption from council tax for empty flood damaged properties (Tandridge District Council)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Jul 2016
Last night's Resources Committee agreed to set up a scheme to give council tax discounts for up to three months to homeowners who have had to leave their properties due to flood damage. Since the flash flooding on 7 June, 32 families have left their properties and over 70 households have reported either internal or garden flooding ... 'The flash floods on 7 June have had a devastating effect on a number of our residents....

Garner to raise money for flood-damaged West Virginia school

Edit The Miami Herald 12 Jul 2016
Actress and West Virginia native Jennifer Garner is heading to her home state to raise money for a school damaged by deadly floods ... The June 23 floods ......

Maharashtra: Heavy rains in north, flash floods kill 4

Edit Indian Express 12 Jul 2016
People wade through flood waters in Nashik on Monday ... Heavy rains pounded Nandurbar district and parts of North Maharashtra, leading to death of four persons who were washed away in flash floods ... Moreover, 100 cattle were washed away in flash flood,” said Ranjit Rajput, Acting District Information Officer, Nandurbar ... Godavari river, which runs through Nashik, is in spate and the flood waters have submerged many temples....

More rain to create Yangtze flood control pressure

Edit China Daily 12 Jul 2016
More rains are forecasted in the Yangtze River Basin on Wednesday, mostly in the lower reaches, where 4 million people are involved in the fight against floods, including 100,000 soldiers ... flood control and drought relief headquarters ... Since March, 27 rounds of heavy rains have pounded the river basin and caused severe flooding....

Smart City in the making, Guwahati finds no easy answers to flooding

Edit Indian Express 12 Jul 2016
FOR NEARLY a week now, at least two localities in Guwahati, Anil Nagar and Nabin Nagar, have been almost entirely submerged — not by the waters of the Brahmaputra but because of artificial flooding caused by heavy rains and complicated further by a poor drainage system ... In many other localities, residents are suffering flash floods and waterlogging, something not heard of in Guwahati say 25 years ago....
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