Worst torrential rain in last 80 year killed at least seven people in Turkey. Reports says that the death toll may rise as the water level is on the rise.The main communication line is affected, two bridges...
Louisville Kentucky has seen some significant flooding today that has shut roads, and affected traffic and travel in and out of the region. Heavy thunderstorms caused so much water to fall in this region that the...
created by Amy Judd | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 2070 views | 17 recommendations | 4 comments
The ice jam that caused the Flash Flooding in Manitoba and a state of emergency has been dislodged now but officials say the damage is not over yet. The Red River is flowing rapidly but people living upstream could...
created by Amy Judd | 36 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago 898 views | 30 recommendations | 2 comments
This is an interesting and encouraging use of social media. " It started as a two-line message on the Internet and ended up mobilizing a small crowd that roamed Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in the snow Sunday...
created by mike_yvr | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago 135 views | 24 recommendations | 2 comments
"Attention new viewers: those 5000 "friends" you have on Facebook? They might not actually be your friends. In fact, some of them might be scammers trying to infect your computer with a new virus dubbed "Koobface". Koobface, which already made the rounds on MySpace, is now...
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slotMusic cards are what they are called. It's an album in a mini flash memory card which is the new hope for the music industry. Since CDs are becoming extinct, they are hoping that these mini memory cards will...
"The Haitians have a saying, “beyond mountains there are mountains,” meaning after each big obstacle stands another bigger obstacle. I saw the saying come to life in the town of Cabaret. It was my first trip to Haiti, a ninety minute plane ride from Miami. So close,...
Wall street Flash......Sept-22 CRISIS ROOM. sunday night: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley change to commercial banks, investment banks dead. .....conversion Reason: Only commercial banks like Bank of America can get...
created by SOLARLIFE | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 235 views | 5 recommendations | 7 comments
Britain's advertising watchdog has banned a recent iPhone 3G ad over misleading functionality claims."The ad showed the internet navigation prowess of the iPhone, with images zooming in on a weather forecast...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 257 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Dundee in Scotland was hit by flash floods last night, and over a hundred properties were damaged by about 4ft of water.Water flooded into shops and homes, and also disrupted the rail service due to a landslip...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 283 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
Heavy rains lashed Indian capital New Delhi on Friday providing much-needed respite from the high humidity existing for the past few days but created a massive traffic jams and brought pot holes on...
created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 188 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
"Japanese scientists claim they have developed world's first flash memory with a potential lifetime of hundreds of years. Working at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and the University of Tokyo, scientists mentioned that the new chips are...
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Oh, those clever scientists. They've found a way to make flash memory last longer, use less power, and manage cell failure in a more even-handed manner. Currently, flash memory goes bad after around ten years, all...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 629 views | 0 recommendations | 7 comments
Every time I visit Nowpublic there appears to be another new natural disaster.Is this the result of Global Warming or are we just in the middle of a natural cycle?"Flash floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Fengshen have left at least 14 people dead and forced the...
Floods in the Midwest continue to threaten communities in several states. At least one town has been all but destroyed, while ruined crops will likely raise food prices across the US."LAKE DELTON, Wis. - Storms...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1299 views | 30 recommendations | 10 comments