As a foreigner in Berlin, these articles never cease to amaze me. By some estimates - British and American Bombers dropped over 2 million tons of bombs on Germany during WW2. As the city of Berlin (and...
New storm winds could cause the fires that have been raging in Saskatchewan for the last week to burn longer, stated worried officials.The fire has already caused over 2,000 people to be evacuated and while firefighters seemed to have a handle on it early Friday morning,...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhat I would like to know is, where the hell are the Taliban getting their weapons from? It should be pretty easy, considering our troops capture Taliban, with available...
"Ottawa (ANTARA News/Xinhua) - More than 200 people have been evacuated after a fast-moving forest fire threatened their homes in western Canada`s Saskatchewan province, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said Monday. The fire was less than three kilometers from...
"Moscow (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a train on Moscow`s underground railway on Wednesday, after a derailment blocked a busy line, leading to huge crowds on other routes.The Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya metro line was shut down during the...
UPDATE: 6:13PM ESTThe flooding could slow the US coal exports." Floods on the upper Mississippi River could slow U.S. coal exports because of stalled barge traffic and disrupted rail shipments, some industry sources...
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“BONNY DOON FIRE” Martin Fire: Wildland fire grows to 300 acres; 1,400 evacuated Update 9:41 am. PT - KCBS -" BONNY DOON, Calif. (KCBS) -- Firefighters battling the Martin Fire in the Santa Cruz...
New Update, Halifax: 3,000 Nova Scotia residents evacuated their homes as 6 major fires are currently underway in Nova Scotia. Power outage affecting another 8,100 homes where the blaze damaged a transmission line,...
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...
The water level in an earthquake-formed lake in China is still rising, despite the creation of a drainage channel."By early Monday, the water level was more than 6 feet (2m) higher than the man-made channel created...
An aftershock to the May 12 earthquake has hit near the lake formed by the initial tremor. The instability of such lakes is proving to be a potentially deadly knock-on effect of the devastating earthquake."The...
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Chinese authorities will drain the swelling lake formed by the earthquake earlier this month, and will complete work on a drainage channel to divert water that threatens hundreds of thousands downstream."Officials...
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The bridge that suffered a partial collapse last night is causing travel chaos this morning, shutting down the main traffic hub Liverpool Street station. The bridge is to be part of the new 2012 East London rail...
UPDATE: 11:48PM ESTIt is now being reported that at least six people have died in the earthquake."At least six people were killed when a shallow, 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Colombia on Saturday, destroying homes...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorRadiation, we have all seen it in disaster movies, where men and women in Moon suits and geiger counters are scanning the area looking for radiation contaminated...