Tropical Storm’s Hysteria Philippines.

Many people in Asia feel that typhoon Ondoy an omen of things to come.  "Typhoon Ondoy (international code name Ketsana) dumped 334 millimeters of rain in the first six hours, the highest ever recorded...

Seattle Washington floods close roads, schools; many evacuated

Western Washington and Seattle floods continue to cause problems today, closing major highways, local roads, and flooding homes, businesses, and schools. North Thurston High School and schools in the entire...

Brazil Lula Offers Plans for Recovery From Rains

In this clear and concise article by The New Times, there is an analysis over public policies in Brazil. Confronted with the tragedy of Santa Catarina torrential rains, Brazilian leader Lula da Silva asked...

More bodies unearthed in Brazil mudslides

As the days pass, the real tragedy of the Santa Catarina mudslides comes out to light. Rescue workers continue to unearth more bodies as the death toll rises. .   "  2008-11-29 20:17:01 - ITAJAI,...

Flash Floods Cause Havoc in India

Each year, floods, cyclones and mudslides in South Asia make a large number of already poor and destitute people even more so as they suffer the natural as well as man-made disasters. 25 lives have been lost and...

Tennis Ball Sized Hail Pounds Germany in Series of Storms

"Strong storms in North Rhine-Westphalia and parts of southwestern Germany flooded cellars and caused mudslides on Friday morning. Tennis-ball sized hail destroyed cars in Krefeld. Police reported that countless car windows and rooftops had been demolished in the city in the...

Mudslides bury 200 quake relief workers

The rescue effort following last Monday's devastating earthquake took a tragic turn yesterday when authorities revealed more than 200 relief workers had been buried by mudslides in southwestern China in the past three days. An official at the Sichuan provincial...

Storm blows through Southern California

Severe weather continues to plague the west coast, but in this case it wasn't nearly as severs as expected as half the amount of the expected rain actually fell. "A Pacific Northwest storm blew through Southern California early Friday without causing much damage or delivering...

Red Cross fears up to 1,000 may have died in Philippines typhoon

"DARAGA, Philippines: Hopes virtually vanished Sunday for finding survivors of typhoon-triggered mudslides that engulfed entire villages in the eastern Philippines, with the Red Cross fearing the death toll could...

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