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 Miami (AFP) Aug 17, 2009 
Tropical Storm Claudette hit Florida early Monday, lashing tourist resorts with strong winds and heavy rain as the first Atlantic hurricane of the season gathered power. Claudette wreaked havoc in Florida resorts as Tropical Storm Bill was reclassed as a hurricane by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami. Emergency response teams were activated in the Florida Panhandle as the ... read more 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 17, 2009The missing cargo ship Arctic Sea was found Monday off the coast of Cape Verde and its Russian crew transferred in good condition to a Russian naval vessel, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said. "The crew has been transferred aboard our anti-submarine ship," Serdyukov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying in a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev. He said the ship was ... more |
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 Wild weather blacks out 300,000 properties in Australia Wild weather leaves mass blackouts in Australia 
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Taipei (AFP) Aug 17, 2009Typhoon Morakot has hit Taiwan's agriculture and tourism sectors hard, but the overall impact on the economy -- already reeling from the financial crisis -- may be limited, experts said. The island was struggling with possibly its longest recession yet when the typhoon struck on August 8, unleashing floods and mudslides that President Ma Ying-jeou has warned may have left up to 500 dead. ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 17, 2009Two strong earthquakes jolted the ocean floor off southern Japan on Monday, triggering tsunami warnings for a cluster of sub-tropical islands and shaking buildings in nearby Taiwan. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. A 6.7-magnitude quake struck in the morning southwest of Ishigaki-jima island in Japan's far southern Ryukyu Islands, followed by a 6.4-strength tremor ... more  
Melbourne (AFP) Aug 17, 2009An inquiry into Australia's worst wildfires said Monday that the disaster that claimed 173 lives in February showed residents should be encouraged to flee their homes as early as possible. Entire towns and more than 2,000 homes were razed during the "Black Saturday" disaster on February 7 as record high temperatures, gusting winds and drought-parched countryside created a firestorm in ... more |
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Sao Paulo (AFP) Aug 17, 2009Brazil's Amazon Fund, which collects money from around the world to protect the Amazon rainforest, could bankroll for-profit environmental projects as well as non-profit ones, the newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo reported Monday. Environment Minister Carlos Minc told the daily that "some for-profit companies could benefit, but they will be small ones that create sustainable employment." ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2009China, the world's leading exporter of marine fish products, needs to adapt its fisheries if it is to meet new EU regulations to combat illegal fishing, according to a report released Monday. Under the legislation which comes into force in January 2010, all fish materials imported into the European Union will have to be accompanied by catch certificates validated by the nation under whose ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2009China's giant panda could be extinct in just two to three generations as rapid economic development is infringing on its way of life, state media said Monday, citing an expert at conservation group WWF. The problem is that the pandas' habitat is being split up into ever smaller patches, preventing the animals from roaming freely for mating partners and in turn endangering their gene pool ... more |
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