Posts Tagged ‘flood’
Worst Natural Disasters in Haiti
The Telegraph is reporting that Hillary Clinton said : "It is biblical, the tragedy that continues to ...
Top 5 Natural Disasters Of The Decade
According to Scott Maniquet, National Post, "every decade has its share of natural disasters: earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, typhoons, ...
Mediterranean Sea Created By Massive Flood
According to Live Science, "the Mediterranean Sea as we know it today formed about 5.3 million years ago when Atlantic ...
20 Things You Did Not Know About Hurricanes
"A typical hurricane releases some 600 trillion watts of heat energy, equivalent to 200 times the world’s total electrical generating capacity." From Jocelyn Rice, Discover Magazine, 20 things ...
103 Dead, 1400 rescued in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Acoording to Reuters as published in The New York ...
National Geographic on Floods
Heavy Rain Prompts Flood Warnings from NC to NY
From Steve Szkotak, Huffington Post: "A drenching, wind-driven rain lashed much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, flooding streets, closing schools, roads and bridges and ...
Launch of “Weather Info for All” Africa
Somaliland Press is reporting that "About 5,000 new automatic weather stations are set to be deployed across Africa, under a climate change initiative announced today by the ...
Hurricane Season:”We hope the good Lord spares us this year”
Canada: Red River Flood In Manitoba, One Of The Worst On Record
According to CTV.ca, "as flood waters continue to rise in ...
Global Temperature Rises, What It Will Mean To You
According to Mark Lynas, the author of Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, and as reported in The Guardian...
Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters In 2008
The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) describes itself as the "Nation’s Scorekeeper in ...
Historical Floods In The United States
Watch: School’s Out For ‘Flood Day’
This BlueBox video from weather.com reports on the sandbagging efforts going on in Fargo. Local officials also let students out of high school to help ...
UN: Floods Affect More Than 200000 People In Namibia
According to South Africa's News24.com, "More than 200 000 people in Namibia have been affected by heavy flooding near the northern ...
Australia: Queensland Floods Of 2008 Deliver Baby Boom
Central Queensland News is reporting that ...
Nigeria: Weather Agency NIMET Warns of Severe Weather Conditions This Year
Luka Binniyat, AllAfrica.com, reports that "The Minister of Aviation, Mr. Babatunde Omotoba, yesterday made a public presentation of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) 2009 Weather Prediction for ...
India Better Prepared For Monsoon
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