Hurricane Fred Strengthens to Category 3 Storm in Atlantic

Hurricane Fred has become more fierce than before, a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean. It was still far from land, the National Hurricane Center said "Earlier, Fred quickly strengthened to a Category 2....

Hurricane Bill a Category 3 Storm: Bermuda on Alert

Hurricane Bill is now a category 3 storm, but it is expected to become stronger and Bermuda has been placed on alert for the approaching storm that will bring very powerful winds and huge ocean swells. A...

Hurricane Bill Update: Category 4 storm in Atlantic

" Hurricane Bill became a dangerous Category 4 storm with top sustained winds near 135 mph early Wednesday, and forecasters said it could get even stronger as it howls over the open Atlantic. The National...

Hurricane Bill Track: August 18, 2009

Hurricane Bill, the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, is on track to Bermuda. Hurricane Bill is gaining strength out in the Atlantic and is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane. It is expected Bill will bypass the East Coast of the U.S. and make a landfall in...

Missing Cargo Ship Arctic Sea Found

Russian navy has found the cargo ship Arctic Sea that went missing on July 30th. The crew is alive and unharmed, and have boarded a Russian anti-submarine ship, according to Russia's defence minister Anatoly...

Tropical Storms Ana, Bill And Claudette: Update August 16, 2009

Tropical storms Ana, Bill and Claudette are developing in the Atlantic. Weather services are tracking the storms as hurricane watch ensues. T.S. Ana Tropical storm Ana formed on Saturday, August 15, and...

E. coli O157:H7 Bacteria in Beef Recall Expands

Beef products sourced from the JBS Swift Beef Company, Greeley, Colorado may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7.  The recall orders started in the US have now expanded to Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada...

Air France Crash Families Get Initial Payout: $24,000 Per Person

Air France will pay initial compensation to the families of the victims killed in the Atlantic air crash of Air France Flight 447 on June 1.The company will pay a "first advance" €17, 500 euros, or $24,000 USD, to...

Jet crash bodies arrive in Brazil

The first bodies recovered from the Air France plane which crashed into the Atlantic last week have been returned to Brazil, officials say.SEARCH FOR FLIGHT AF 447 ...

Air France Tail Fin Pulled From The Atlantic

A Brazilian navy ship has pulled the tail fin of Air France Flight AF447 from the Atlantic Ocean as officials prepared to identify the first of the bodies recovered from the water. " The plane's black boxes were...

Newfoundland: Mourners Gather at Prayer Service

"Bells at the largest church in Newfoundland and Labrador tolled Wednesday evening for the 17 people lost last week when an offshore oil helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean." The Roman Catholic Basilica of...

16 still missing after chopper ditches in Atlantic

The search will continue until at least Friday night for 16 people missing since Thursday morning when a helicopter carrying them to an offshore oil platform ditched in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland,...

Dolphins stuck in ice in Newfoundland growing weaker

Four dolphins are still stuck in ice in Newfoundland, and even though the Mayor has appealed for help, an official from the Federal Fisheries Department is only now on the scene to monitor the dolphins. He says...

Penguins in peril - marathon food search

Global warming is causing problems in finding food for penguins in Argentina. The fluctuations year to year in weather is leading to them nesting in places that means that they have to swim the equivalent of two...

A technological solution to global warming?

An in depth article by Steve Connor in the Independent explores if technology, often the source of global warming worries, might offer a solution to it. It focuses in on the spreading of tonnes of Iron Sulphate...

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