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Processed and Engineered Food, Industrial Pollution: Heavy Metals’ Toxicity in Blood and Tissues

Heavy rains flood homes, roads in North Carolina

A police officer examines the damage outside the National Guard Armory in Newton, N.C. Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlotte Observer, Todd Sumlin)

A police officer examines the damage outside the National Guard Armory in Newton, N.C. Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlotte Observer, Todd Sumlin)

Catawba County deputies survey the damage on Grace Church Rd. near Newton, N.C. following flooding Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlotte Observer, Todd Sumlin)

Emergency workers examine the damaged bridge on NC 10 in Newton, N.C. Saturday, July 27, 2013. The road was closed to traffic moments later when it was determined the bridge supports had been damaged. (AP Photo/Charlotte Observer, Todd Sumlin)

Christopher Hoke reported for duty only to find the National Guard Armory in Newton, N.C. surrounded by floodwaters Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlotte Observer, Todd Sumlin)

Residents watch as the floodwaters rise over McKay Rd. in Newton, N.C. Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlotte Observer, Todd Sumlin)

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A system of thunderstorms across western North Carolina stalled on Saturday and dumped about a foot of rain on the area, causing power outages and flash floods that swamped homes and washed out roads and bridges.

There were 18 reports of swift-water rescues, and one minor injury, said Jim Dickerson, spokesman for Catawba County Emergency Services. He did not have details.

Hickory Mayor Rudy Wright urged residents to stay indoors and away from flooded roads, The Charlotte Observer reported (http://bit.ly/1buP7OY).

“This is a time for all of us to be very careful and patient,” he said. “The cleanup is going to take a while.”

Parts of Catawba and surrounding counties were under water Saturday. Catawba County officials said some of the worst flash flooding in decades followed a nearly stationary weather system that dumped 10 inches of rain in about six hours.

Officials closed 65 roads in Catawba County by Saturday afternoon. At least six will remain closed for up to three months to repair damage, Dickerson said.

A full damage assessment will begin Sunday, he said.

High Shoals Lake in Catawba County rose nearly five feet over a 10-hour span. Officials said high water will move down the Catawba River later Saturday, possibly causing more flooding. The rain had stopped in the area by late afternoon Saturday. The National Weather Service said the heavy rain will move east across the western piedmont of North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina.

Several miles of Interstate 85 in Cabarrus County was closed for a short time due to high water. Traffic moved at a crawl along both I-85 and Interstate 77 north of Charlotte as drivers navigated water several inches deep in spots. In Lincoln County, there were reports of up to three feet of water covering roads.

Duke Energy reported about 5,000 power outages.

It is at least the fourth major flash flooding event in the Charlotte region in the past month. Highway officials already are working to repair more than a dozen Charlotte-area roads damaged by previous flooding.

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Information from: The Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotteobserver.com

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Kion, Shandong Heavy get 500 million euro to enhance cooperation

Published May 26, 2013

Reuters

FRANKFURT –  Germany’s Kion Group , the world’s second biggest maker of fork lift trucks, and shareholder Shandong Heavy <000338.SZ> are getting as much as 500 million euros ($ 647 million) in financing from the China Development Bank to support their cooperation, Kion said.

The two companies will also be receiving unspecified financial services from the bank as part of an agreement signed on Sunday at a meeting between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Kion said.

“The three parties agreed that Weichai Power and Kion will intensify their cooperation … and that China Development Bank will provide a full range of financial services including financing of up to 500 million euros to support the expanded collaboration,” Kion said.

Kion and Weichai Power were not immediately available to give more details.

The German company, together with its owners Goldman Sachs , buyout firm KKR and 25-percent shareholder Shandong Heavy, is monitoring the market for a potential share sale, Kion Chief Executive Gordon Riske said, German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Saturday.

Shandong bought its stake in Kion Group for 467 million euros in 2012, in what was the largest direct investment by a Chinese company in a German firm.

(Reporting by Peter Dinkloh; Editing by Marguerita Choy)

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