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Thousands of tourists stranded at Machu Picchu Lima (AFP) Jan 26, 2010 
Peru was Tuesday conducting an airlift evacuation of more than 2,500 foreign tourists trapped in and around its famed Machu Picchu ruins by rain and mudslides that killed at least seven people.
The operation, which began Monday, had rescued 125 of the foreigners by late Tuesday, emergency services said.
Most of them were waiting by a helipad near the ruins themselves, though 670 were blo ... read moreCalifornia on flood, mudslide alert as storms hit 
Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 21, 2010Torrential rain and strong winds pummeled California for a fourth consecutive day Thursday as officials warned of flash floods and mudslides in areas ravaged by last year's wildfires. Around 800 homes in hilly suburbs surrounding Los Angeles area have been issued evacuation orders as the fourth storm to hit the region this week arrived, causing power outages and transport chaos. The Nati ... more
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Penguin future looks perkier with marine zone: study
EU ministers call for common electric car strategy US warns China against 'stillborn' climate deal Eastern US braces for more snow misery Snowbound US government freezes up on hot issues Homes evacuated as Los Angeles braces for storm Eastern US braces for fresh snow blitz Swift help urged for Haiti's crucial weather forecasters Amnesty demands halt to Vedanta's India mine plans Two dead as storms, floods hit Turkey's south: report 
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California on flood, mudslide alert as storms hit
Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 21, 2010 Torrential rain and strong winds pummeled California for a fourth consecutive day Thursday as officials warned of tornados, flash floods and mudslides in areas ravaged by last year's wildfires. Around 800 homes in hilly suburbs surrounding the Los Angeles area have been issued evacuation orders as the fourth storm to hit the region this week arrived, causing power outages and transport chaos ... more Tornado warning in California as storm hits 
Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 19, 2010A rare tornado warning was issued for Los Angeles Tuesday as a storm slammed into southern California, dumping heavy rain and snow across the region and leaving thousands of homes without power. National Weather Service meteorologists said a strong storm moving in from the Pacific Ocean and packing winds of around 60 miles (100 kilometers) per hour had triggered the alert, which was cancelle ... more Rio and Melbourne swelter through scorching summer 
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Jan 12, 2010As much of Europe and the United States shivers under one of the coldest winters on record, Rio is basking in a southern summer heatwave with Brazilians flocking to the beaches to cool off. Temperatures have soared in the city to more than 40 degrees Celsius (101 Fahrenheit), although with the added humidity meteorologists said it felt more like 50 degrees (122 Fahrenheit) on the streets. ... more In Florida, no reprieve from Arctic blast 
Miami (AFP) Jan 11, 2010Florida woke Monday to another day of bone-chilling temperatures after days of Arctic air that have kept the southern United States -- including the usually balmy Sunshine State -- in a deep freeze. Florida's usually mild and sunny winter weather has given way to record low temperatures during the historic cold snap. In Miami, the thermometer dropped over the weekend to 35 degrees Fahren ... more |
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Eurostar starts to bring angry passengers home
Paris (AFP) Dec 22, 2009Packed Eurostar trains began to haul thousands of angry passengers between Paris, Brussels and London on Tuesday as the firm started to clear a backlog of 75,000 stranded by a winter weather shutdown. The normally high-speed Channel Tunnel service, once seen as a triumph of European engineering, was brought shuddering to a halt on Friday by what a British spokesman called a fall of ... more GOES-14 Weather Bird Accepted Into Service by NASA And NOAA 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2009Boeing reports that GOES-14 (formerly GOES-O), the second satellite in a series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites built by Boeing for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed on-orbit testing and been accepted into service. NOAA will use GOES-14 to accurately predict storms and monitor weather conditions across approximately 60 ... more Bangladesh, Myanmar worst-hit by extreme weather: study 
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 8, 2009Bangladesh, Myanmar and Honduras were the countries most severely affected by extreme weather events from 1990 to 2008, according to a climate change risk study published on Tuesday. When only 2008 is considered, the top three worst-hit countries were Myanmar, Yemen and Vietnam, said the paper which was published on the sidelines of the ongoing UN talks in the Danish capital. ... more British weather service to publish 150 years of data 
London (AFP) Dec 5, 2009Britain's Met Office national weather service said Saturday it would publish data from weather stations worldwide and had "every confidence" it would show temperatures had risen in the last 150 years. The decision comes in the wake of claims that British scientists sought to suppress data backing climate change sceptics' views. "The Met Office does intend to release data from more than ... more |
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