Women Break Free, Celebrate Festival of Freedom

Women in India’s Maharashtra state get a rare chance to play and dance – normally considered a social taboo – on  the occasion of snake festival , locally known as Nag Panchami. Normally a festival in...

Millions affected by the country's worst floods in Pakistan

The country has not recovered from the tragedy of the plane crash in the Margalla Hills in Islamabad, which killed all 152 peopl eon board, and it is now dealing with the loss of more than a thousand people due to...

Singing in the Rain...

Besides many Pakistani and Indian folk and pop songs and ragas, the rain playlist according to The Express Tribune published from Pakistan includes the following songs. When the Monsoon fever hits the...

Water, water, everywhere!

The second showers of monsoon and I have about a quarter feet of water in my room (the level's increasing).  I'm quite sure all of my electrical appliances have been rendered useless.  It's only the...

Delhi Rains: Woes, Not Joys

""""Delhi had been waiting  for a the rains,but when it finally happened,more than the joy there are troubled faces stuck in long hours of traffic..... A Photo-Featurephotographers..amarjeet...

Orissa floods kills 36: India

Monsoon is playing dirty trics with the folks here in India.In one part there is flood and in other part there is drought.But one thing that is common in both the extremes is Death because of this. We cannot blame Monsoon for sure, but the failure of the system that made us...

Mumbai Sinking Again....Monsoon 2009 (Photo Feature)

       A photo feature of the Mumbai rains with headlines from newspapers...i will update as and when i receive new pictures....that would help us track the situation.... These...

Stranded - Darwin cut off from Eastern Australia

Australia's northern capital city, Darwin will remain isolated from the east for up to three weeks due to flood damage to the sole highway link. Heavy rain over the past two days has washed away a large section of...

Monsoon link to fall of dynasties

"The demise of some of China's ruling dynasties may have been linked to changes in the strength of monsoon rains, a new study suggests. The findings come from 1,800-year record of the Asian monsoon preserved in a stalagmite from a Chinese cave. Weak - and therefore dry -...

Philippines -- At least 40 die in ferry capsize

GMA 7's "Unang Hirit" reported that the ferry was overloaded with passengers when it capsized off the coast of Masbate, southeast of Manila.  Forty people, including 12 kids, perished as the MB Don Dexter Cathlyn overturned after being battered by sudden monsoon winds...

Indian monsoon death toll rises to 2,400

" Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:20:49 GMT The death toll from India's monsoon floods has risen to more than 2,400, as 32 more people were found dead in the eastern part of the country. According to the Federal Home...

Arctic To Be Free Of Ice In Five Years

In the summer of 2013 the Arctic could be completely free of ice. In winter the ice will reform, as it does now, but with shorter milder winters the Arctic and the world is in big trouble. ...

Two million hit by monsoon floods in India

This is a developing story. We welcome your news, photos and videos, or comments.One million people have been stranded by monsoon floods in the north India state of Bihar. "Authorities struggled Monday to get aid to more than 1 million people stranded by floods in a north...

Heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai, transport systems not hit

Heavy rains continued to lash the city today but transport systems were largely unaffected and no incidents of major water logging were reported.The meteorological department said its Colaba station in south...

WEATHERAmerica Newsletter, Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 5:00 P.M. CT

WEATHER HAZARDS (During The Next 24 Hours)SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK(potential for tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail within the next 24 hours)Some Thunderstorms May APPROACH Severe LimitsCA....S NV....AZ....S...

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