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BREAKING NEWS Power firm floods more than 100 Nigerian villages: official KANO, Nigeria (AFP) Sep 15, 2003 More than 100 villages were flooded at the weekend after Nigeria's state power firm opened an endangered hydroelectric dam, a government spokesman said Monday. Hurricane Isabel churns toward US mid-Atlantic coast WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 15, 2003 The East Coast of the United States was keeping a cautious eye on Hurricane Isabel Monday, trying to plot the course of the powerful storm, expected to make landfall later this week. |
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Navy considers sending Atlantic Fleet to sea to ride out hurricane WASHINGTON (AFP) Sep 15, 2003 The US Navy was debating Monday whether to send the Atlantic Fleet out to sea to ride out a powerful hurricane that is expected to hit the US east coast later this week, a US navy spokesman said. Thailand's north, northeast told to brace for worsening floods BANGKOK (AFP) Sep 15, 2003 Thailand's northern regions should brace for flash floods brought on by heavy rains this week, adding to already rising seasonal floodwaters, officials warned Monday. Death toll in China flooding rises to 64 dead, 59 missing BEIJING (AFP) Sep 15, 2003 The death toll from rampant flooding in northern China's Shaanxi province since late August has risen to 64 dead, 59 missing and some 600,000 relocated, state press said Monday. Elephant conservation experts to meet in Sri Lanka COLOMBO (AFP) Sep 15, 2003 Elephant safaris in Africa and the need to capture Asian elephants in order to save them will be on the agenda when experts meet in the Sri Lanka capital this week to discuss conservation. Wildfires abate in Portugal but temperatures remain high LISBON (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 Deadly wildfires that have ravaged Portugal abated Sunday although some blazes were continuing and the scorching temperatures were set to remain high, the emergency services said. |
Germany's heat wave may have claimed up to 7,000 lives: report BERLIN (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 Europe's blistering summer heat wave claimed far more lives in Germany than previously thought, with the death toll possibly as high as 7,000 people, news weekly Focus reported in an advance copy of its Monday issue. Thousands protest lack of government aid after China floods BEIJING (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 Thousands of destitute villagers ransacked government offices in northern China, blaming authorities for not supplying relief aid after floods that killed at least 38 people and stranded hundreds of thousands, sources said Sunday. Little merit in releasing turtles, warns Thai wildlife group BANGKOK (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 A wildlife group is urging Thais to refrain from releasing turtles into canals and temple ditches during Buddhist rituals as the waterways are too polluted for the reptiles, a report said Sunday. Typhoon Maemi downgraded to depression after ravaging Korea TOKYO (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 Typhoon Maemi was downgraded to a depression early Sunday morning as it passed by the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido to the Sea of Okhotsk, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Isabel revs up to maximum strength, heads for Americas MIAMI (AFP) Sep 14, 2003 Hurricane Isabel regained category five status once again Saturday, when meteorologists clocked winds at 260 kilometersmiles) per hour. |
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