34 dead after mudslide sweeps through Chinese town

Mining business in China is always fraught with risk and it has highest number of casualties. Most of the victims are the poor miners. A muslide in northern China has killed more than 34 people killed after a warehouse wall collapsed. The warehouse was stored with mine waste....

Firefighters tackle blaze on moor

A huge fire has been blazing in West Yorkshire on a moor, and firefighters have been unable to put it out because conditions are so dangerous. They are still battling the fire today."Fire crews are tackling a blaze on moorland, West Yorkshire Fire service has said.About 65...

California wildfire evacuees face hardships as they return home

This people must actually be brave and hardy."With some of the worst wildfires dying down, many Southern Californians lucky enough to find their homes still standing could nevertheless face hardships for weeks to come, including polluted air, no electricity and no drinking...

Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes

"Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News January 25, 2007 State health regulators have discovered unsafe mercury levels in fish in five more Colorado water bodies, including popular Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort...

Engineers to build Everglades reservoir (AP)

" IN THE EVERGLADES, Florida - Engineers next month will begin building one of the world's largest manmade reservoirs — the size of a small city — as efforts continue to restore natural water flow to the Everglades. The reservoir, roughly 25 square miles in area,...

Woman Has Rare Case of Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed.  Thousands of people died each week and...