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BREAKING NEWS Maximum-strength Hurricane Isabel takes aim at Americas MIAMI (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 Full-strength Hurricane Isabel charged westward over the central Atlantic Ocean Saturday with 260-kilometer (160 mile)-an-hour winds, according to the US National Weather Service. Typhoon Maemi kills 33 in South Korea, 14 others missing SEOUL (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 At least 33 people were killed and 14 others were missing after one of the strongest typhoons to hit South Korea in years swept through the country's southern provinces, emergency authorities said Saturday. Danube's record low level puts shipping companies in troubled water ZAGREB (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 A severe drought which has hard hit large parts of Europe also caused dramatically low levels of the Danube river, making its navigation difficult and puting shipping companies in trouble. |
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Typhoon Maemi kills 25 in South Korea SEOUL (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 At least 25 people were killed and 11 others were missing after one of the strongest typhoons to hit South Korea in years swept through the country's southeast, officials said Saturday. Typhoon Maemi hits South Korea with gale-force winds, heavy rains SEOUL (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 One of the strongest typhoons to hit South Korea in years has left at least eight people dead and eight others missing, emergency authorities said Saturday. US allows diplomats to leave Bahamas as raging hurricane approaches WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 13, 2003 The United States on Friday authorized its non-essential diplomats to leave the Bahamas and warned US citizens against visiting the islands due to damage that could be caused by Hurricane Isabel that is now raging through the Caribbean. Frenchman gets jail term for starting forest fires PERIGUEUX, France (AFP) Sep 12, 2003 A 44-year-old man was handed a one-year prison sentence on Friday for starting eight fires that destroyed woodlands in France's southwestern Dordogne region. Hurricane Isabel rages west over Atlantic Ocean MIAMI (AFP) Sep 12, 2003 Full-strength Hurricane Isabel was continuing its path westward Friday toward the central Antilles with maximum force winds blowing at 260 kilometers an hour (162 miles an hour), according to the National Hurricane Center. Money shortfall to protect parks hits developing countries: report DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 12, 2003 The bulk of a 2.5-billion-dollar shortfall to maintain environmentally protected areas exists in developing countries where the greatest wealth of biodiversity occurs, experts said Friday. |
Fifth of African birds face extinction, watchdog says DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 12, 2003 Almost one fifth of endangered bird species in Africa are vulnerable to extinction because they do not live in protected areas, Birdlife International told a conference here Friday. India's environmental boss gets the boot in Taj Mahal mall scandal NEW DELHI (AFP) Sep 12, 2003 A top Indian official in charge of ancient monuments was Friday booted out of office amid police suspicions that he fudged documents linked to a controversial plan to build a shopping mall near the Taj Mahal. Many African bird species face extinction: Birdlife International DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 12, 2003 Almost one fifth of endangered bird species in Africa are dangerously vulnerable to extinction because they do not live in protected areas, Birdlife International said at an environmental event in South Africa Friday. UN says unregulated "high seas" need special attention DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 12, 2003 About 60 percent of the world's oceans are largely unregulated "high seas" and need special attention to halt their rapid decline in marine species, the United Nations said in South Africa on Friday. Tourism to biodiversity areas growing fast, must be monitored: report DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) Sep 12, 2003 Tourism to biodiversity hot-spots is growing rapidly and requires careful planning to avoid damage, experts cautioned at a global environmental congress in South Africa Friday. Typhoon Maemi cuts through Jeju into Korean peninsula SEOUL (AFP) Sep 12, 2003 Typhoon Maemi, packing the strongest winds ever observed in South Korea, cut through the country's southern resort island of Jeju into the peninsula Friday, authorities said. |
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