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More Czech floods kill one, cause 380 evacuations: police Prague (AFP) June 28, 2009 
One man was killed and some 380 people were forced to flee their homes overnight as more flooding swept through the Czech Republic, police said Sunday. Firefighters overnight evacuated several villages and two holiday resorts near Strakonice and Prachatice in the southwest, which has been hit with heavy rainfall. The one fatality was a 47-year-old man whose body was found late Saturday ... read moreSix dead in Czech floods: emergency services 
Prague (AFP) June 25, 2009Severe floods after torrential downpours killed six people in the Czech Republic, emergency services said on Thursday. Hundreds of people were evacuated and houses swept away by rising floodwaters in the east of the country, where authorities have declared a state of emergency. Several villages were cut off on Thursday. A 55-year-old woman was swept away by a swollen river at Novy Jicin ... more
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Czech floods turn deadly: report
Prague (AFP) June 24, 2009High floodwaters turned hundreds of homes into death-traps late Wednesday in the Czech Republic, with police fearing the toll could rise after reports that a woman drowned in the east of the country. "Some people are facing a direct threat. They have been trapped in their houses," said regional police spokesman Ivo Mitacek, the CTK news agency reported. "We have saved several lives ... more Tropical storm Andres blows up Mexico's Pacific coast 
Mexico City (AFP) June 22, 2009Tropical storm Andres churned past beach resorts up Mexico's southwest Pacific coast on Monday as forecasters issued a warning and said it could grow into a hurricane. Mexico's weather service declared a phase four alert, advising boats to take precautions, with large waves and rain expected. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm was about 120 miles (195 kilometers) south ... more Natural Deep Earth Pump Fuels Earthquakes And Ore 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 23, 2009For the first time scientists have discovered the presence of a natural deep earth pump that is a crucial element in the formation of ore deposits and earthquakes. The process, called creep cavitation, involves fluid being pumped through pores in deformed rock in mid-crustal sheer zones, which are approximately 15 km below the Earth's surface. The fluid transfer through the middle ... more City in Brazil's Amazon faces worst floods in 56 years 
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) June 22, 2009Manaus, a city deep in Brazil's Amazon jungle, is suffering the worst flooding it has seen in 56 years, civil defense officials said Monday. Torrential rain in Brazil's north has swollen the Amazon river and its tributaries, including the Negro river on which Manaus sits, they said. Over the weekend, the Negro river rose to 29.62 meters (88.32 feet) -- just a centimeter off the level it ... more |
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Russian scientists say volcanic cloud threatens planes: report
Moscow (AFP) June 14, 2009A volcanic eruption on a remote Russian island north of Japan has created a giant ash cloud that threatens passing airplanes, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on Sunday, citing Russian geologists. The eruption of Sarychev Peak on uninhabited Matua Island, part of the Kuril Islands archipelago in the north Pacific Ocean, began overnight Thursday-Friday and is still underway, the news age ... more Typhoons trigger earthquakes on Taiwan: scientists 
Paris (AFP) June 10, 2009Surprised scientists say that typhoons which hit Taiwan unleash long, slow earthquakes, a phenomenon that may save the island from devastating temblors. Seismologists installed movement sensors in boreholes at depths of 200-270 metres (650-870 feet) in eastern Taiwan, monitoring a spot where two mighty plates, the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian plate, bump and jostle in an oblique ... more 16 dead or missing as flood season hits China 
Beijing (AFP) June 10, 2009Torrential rains pummelling south China have left 16 dead or missing this week, destroyed thousands of houses and forced the evacuation of more than 172,000 people, the government said Wednesday. The government ordered flood prevention measures amid mounting fatalities and economic losses resulting from heavy downpours. "The southern region of our nation has entered the flood season ... more 2009 Atlantic And East Pacific Ocean Hurricane Seasons Begin 
Camp Springs MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2009Summer soon begins in the Northern Hemisphere and, on June 1st, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off. What do Atlantic and Pacific Ocean surface temperatures and heights tell forecasters about what they can expect this season? Although peak hurricane time doesn't arrive until late-summer and early fall, there are some oceanic signals that give a hint of coming activity and NASA satellites are ... more |
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