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BREAKING NEWS Temperature drops, but heat still turned up for French government PARIS (AFP) Aug 16, 2003 The scorching temperatures of the past couple of weeks in France at last turned sharply downwards on Saturday but the heat was still on for the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Tropical Storm Erika weakens over northeastern Mexico WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 16, 2003 Tropical Storm Erika weakened over northeastern Mexico Saturday, and forecasters said they no longer believe it will reach hurricane strength. Portugal brings last wildfires under control LISBON (AFP) Aug 16, 2003 Portugal finally brought its last remaining wildfires under control on Saturday morning but authorities remained in a state of alert, the fire service said. |
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Foul smells and dead birds greet workers cleaning up Pakistan oil spill KARACHI (AFP) Aug 16, 2003 The foul stench of crude oil blasted masked workers who descended on the Arabian Sea port city of Karachi Saturday to clean up an oil spill that has caused enormous damage to sea life along the coastline. France sets up country's largest morgue to deal with heatwave effects RUNGIS, France (AFP) Aug 16, 2003 France's largest morgue, set up in an empty food warehouse south of Paris to help deal with the effects of an 11-day heatwave, took on its first victims overnight Friday. Easyjet plane damaged by hailstorm, returns to Geneva GENEVA (AFP) Aug 16, 2003 A London-bound Easyjet passenger plane carrying 123 passengers limped back to Geneva Saturday after being severely hit by hail shortly after take-off, Geneva airport spokesman Jean-Luc Portier said. Tropical storm Erika poised to batter Texas, Mexico coast WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 16, 2003 Tropical storm Erika was ploughing toward the coast of Texas early Saturday and rapidly approaching hurricane strength, forecasters said. Europe's largest glacier shrivels under global warming RIEDERALP, Switzerland (AFP) Aug 16, 2003 Switzerland's Aletsch glacier, the largest in the Alps, is imposing enough to generate a wind of its own, but the 23-kilometre long (14-mile) river of ice is visibly shrivelling under the impact of global warming. French government under fire over heatwave deaths PARIS (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 A row over the sharp increase in deaths during France's heatwave turned nasty Friday, with one deputy accusing families of abandoning their elderly relatives while the government blamed a Socialist labour law for leaving hospitals understaffed. |
Weather stops Icelandic whalers at season's start REYKJAVIK (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 It was bad weather, not protests from environmentalists that kept Icelandic whalers from hunting on Friday, after a hard-won victory to resume the activity. Minister pledges action on Italy's "fire industry" ROME (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Italy urgently needs to set up a registry of land scorched in recent wildfires to prevent it falling into the hands of so-called Eco Mafia gangs who burn for money, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said Friday. Death toll rising from Italy's heatwave ROME (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Authorities in the port city of Genoa said Friday a heatwave blanketing Italy had hastened the deaths of 118 of the city's elderly and infirm people in the previous three days. Portugal's Algarve fires rage despite temperature drop LISBON (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Wildfires that have been threatening tourist resorts in Portugal's southern Algarve region showed no signs of abating Friday, despite a much-awaited temperature drop. Heavy rains cause serious damage in Norway OSLO (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Heavy rains and mudslides caused serious damage in central Norway on Friday as two rivers overflowed and floodwaters carried away bridges, railway lines and caravans but there were no victims, officials reported. One dead as violent thunderstorms hit Czech Republic PRAGUE (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 One person died and dozens were injured when violent thunderstorms hit the Czech Republic's northwest on early Friday. |
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