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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2009 
At least 42 people died and scores more were reported missing Tuesday after typhoons battered East Asia, as parts of the region experienced their worst weather in half a century. Most of those killed were in Taiwan when Typhoon Morakot slammed into the island, dumping a record 3.0 metres (120 inches) of rain at the weekend. The storm hit mainland China Sunday afternoon, where it claimed ... read more
Port Blair, India (AFP) Aug 11, 2009A huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, triggering panic as people fled their homes amid initial warnings of a possible tsunami. A tsunami alert issued for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh was later cancelled by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center of the US National Weather Service. "Sea level readings indicate that ... more |
Northern Mozambique hit by third cyclone in four months
Vingroup aims to start $9 bln tourism project near mangrove forest Floods hit eastern Australia, 190,000 properties blacked out Argentina declares national mourning as flood death toll hits 16 Floods hit eastern Australia, 200,000 properties blacked out Scientists say Trump cuts threaten climate research, public safety Energy industry meets after Trump tears up US green agenda Argentina flooding death toll rises to 16, two girls missing Japan's worst wildfire in 50 years brought under control: mayor Floods, mass power cuts as wild weather bashes eastern Australia 
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Stockholm (AFP) Aug 10, 2009Greenpeace activists have started an operation to sink nearly 180 boulders into EU-protected cod fishing grounds off Sweden to impede bottom-trawling, the environmental group said on Monday. The boulders will be thrown into the sea in the Kattegat sound between Sweden and Denmark, Greenpeace said, alleging that trawl nets used by fishermen cause serious damage to marine wildlife. Greenpe ... more  
Kathmandu (AFP) Aug 10, 2009A flying frog, the world's smallest deer and the first new monkey to be found in over a century are among 350 new species discovered in the eastern Himalayas in the past decade, the WWF said Monday. But the environmental group said the vital habitats of the mountain range were facing growing pressures from unsustainable development in the region, which spans Nepal, China, India, Bhutan and M ... more  
Guadalajara, Mexico (AFP) Aug 10, 2009US President Barack Obama joins leaders of Mexico and Canada Monday to plot counter-attacks against swine flu, vicious drugs cartels and economic blight at his debut North American summit. Security forces swamped the western Mexican city of Guadalajara for the swift summit, where tactical adjustments rather than breakthroughs are expected against building threats to a diverse region of nearl ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2009A strong earthquake measuring 6.4 struck central Japan early Tuesday, reportedly injuring more than 40 people and triggering fires while also shutting down a nuclear power plant and bullet trains. The quake hit at 5:07 am (2007 GMT Monday) in the Pacific Ocean about 170 kilometres (105 miles) southwest of Tokyo at a depth of 26.8 kilometres (16.7 miles), according to the US Geological Survey ... more  
Brussels (AFP) Aug 10, 2009Europe has lost 200,000 hectares of forest to fires this summer, a higher rate of attrition than last year, and national governments must act as global warming takes its toll, the EU warned Monday. "During the next few days the fire danger will remain very high in many Mediterranean areas," the European Commission warned. So far this summer, Spain and Italy have been most affected becaus ... more  
Paris (AFP) Aug 10, 2009Children with seasonal flu should not be given Tamiflu because harmful side effects may outweigh relatively meagre benefits, according to a study released Monday. In some children Tamiflu caused nausea and vomiting, which can lead to dehydration and other complications, researchers reported. The study did not cover the current outbreak of swine flu, but it suggests that antivirals may no ... more |
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