Now Government wants us to paint our houses white

" It's a tried and tested way of keeping homes cool in Mediterranean countries. But many might feel the latest official advice is just a little bit over the top for Britain, where summer downpours seem more common than heatwaves. Health chiefs advised yesterday that homes...

Flood warning for Fiji as more storms approach

Fiji has issued a state of emergency and a severe flood warning for the island as days of heavy rain have hit the nation. Thousands of people are taking shelter in emergency shelters and more rain means more...

Heavy Rain Brings Flooding to Iowa & Wisconsin

Rain, rain and more rain!  From Iowa up to Wisconsin flash flood warnings are in effect until this afternoon.   "Fayette and Clayton counties in northeastern Iowa have received four to five...

Felix: Indigenous People struggled to find shelter

UPDATE:  "DAKURA, Nicaragua -- The chopper hovered for a moment. So many people below. But the pilot landed anyway and they rushed forward, these people, homeless and desperate. All of them, at once. They...

N Korea floods 'kill hundreds'

Just picked this up on the radio at 2200 NZ time. The image of flooded street on this page is courtesy of Aljazeera Net." NEWS ASIA-PACIFIC State television showed pictures of flooded streets in the...

Exposed: Global-Warming Deniers: A Well-Funded Machine

    There is an excellent article in Newsweek on-line that  traces what one hopes will ultimately be the unsuccessful tactics of global warming deniers. "This summer, Texas was hit by exactly the kind of downpours and flooding expected in a greenhouse world,...

Homeowners to Foot £2.5bn Flood Bill

"Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will be hit with higher household insurance premiums as a second wave of flash floods gives insurers their biggest ever claims bill. As a summer of appalling weather brought another day of travel chaos yesterday, analysts said that...

Heavy Rain Floods Britain

"Heavy flooding caused rush-hour chaos today forcing train operators to cancel services in the Midlands and leading to flood warnings across the UK. Huge downpours hit much of Britain overnight, particularly in...

Freak hail storms strike all over North America

A recent burst of volatile weather has seen several freak hailstorms hit places as far from each other as Toronto and Texas. The storms have commonly been short and fierce, and some have had hailstones as large as...

Hooray, More Crap Weather for NE!

God hates the Northeastern United States this year -- after a few almost-too-hot days we're back to cold with a side of flooding. This weekend's gonna rock! "NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy rain stranded cars on a flooded...

Heavy Rain Slowing Bay Area Roads: Flooding, Crashes & Traffic Jams

"In San Francisco, the Great Highway is currently shut down from Lincoln Way to Sloat Boulevard, said Department of Public Works spokeswoman Christine Falvey, and will most likely be closed in the northbound direction as well if it keeps raining. There is also flooding on...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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