Chantal leaves 'havoc' behind in Newfoundland

"Chantal leaves 'havoc' behind in Newfoundland Ken Meaney CanWest News Service Thursday, August 02, 2007 Tropical storm Chantal dropped nearly 100 millimetres of rain on Eastern Newfoundland (Tom O'Keefe,...

Tropical storm Chantal swamps Newfoundland

"Tropical storm Chantal swamps Newfoundland CanWest News Service Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- Tropical storm Chantal pounded Eastern Newfoundland Wednesday with nearly 100 millimetres of rain that flooded highways and left homes in danger of being...

Rain Shuts School, Leisure Centre

"The head teacher of a secondary school forced to close by flash floods after torrential rain will not re-open until after the summer holidays. Pupils were sent home from Prestatyn High School in Denbighshire at lunch time after water rose up the drains during the one-hour...

Coelacanths Surfacing: Zanzibar Fishermen Catch Dino-Fish

Off the coast of Tanzania, fisherman have landed a coelacanth, just the latest in a string of ever-more-frequent encounters with these holdouts of oceans past."Fishermen in Zanzibar have caught a coelacanth, an...

Tropical trouble brewing to the east of the Philippines.

The fourth west Pacific tropical cyclone of the year formed on Sunday south of Guam. Typhoon Man-yi, the name of a reservoir in Hong Kong, was located 1485km east north east of Manila at 0700 Manila time this...

Tropical Storm Hits Rain-Starved Florida

Hurricane season has officially begun, and Tropical Storm Barry is wasting no time. In this case, though, Florida could really use the rain. UPDATE:"Tropical storm Barry weakened into a tropical depression as...

National Weather Service Issues Tropical Storm Warning

An inland Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for interior Central Florida including Polk, Desoto, Highlands and Hardee counties. This area was hard hit in 2004 with three hurricanes including the fierce "Charlie" that crippled infrastructure and did billions in damage. It...

Premature Tropical Storm Not Due to Global Warming, Scientists Say

"The first named Atlantic storm of 2007 crept in today well before the season's official June 1 start, raising the question of whether global warming is responsible for the early arrival. Flowers, tree leaves, birds and other signs of spring have appeared earlier in recent...

Study: Global Warming Could Hinder Hurricanes

" Global warming might not fuel more intense hurricanes in the Atlantic after all. Despite increasing ocean temperatures that feed the monstrous storms, climate change may also be ramping up the winds that choke...

Jellyfish have human-like eyes

Unlike normal jellyfish, which drift in the ocean current, box jellyfish are active swimmers that can rapidly make 180-degree turns and deftly dart between objects. Scientists suspect that box jellyfish are such agile because one set of their 24 eyes detects objects that get...

Canada and Russia: Global warming winners?

A report set to be released by the UN reports that global warming may pose a short-term benefit for people living in the northern hemisphere, like Canada and Russia. Our crops and tourism might improve for a brief...

Tropicana fetes 50th anniversary

It's nice to see at least one of these old time hotels survive the purge of Vegas style.  Sometimes bigger is not better."LAS VEGAS - After the Tropicana Resort & Casino opened 50 years ago, it was...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

Tropical Marathon To Cause Delays And Closures

" Thousands of runners will hit the streets for Sunday’s Tropical Marathon, which means commuters should expect extensive street closures and Metrobus detours. The Tropical Marathon will interrupt regular Metrobus service and cause various street closures in Downtown Miami,...

Global warming may destroy Amazon rainforest

Global warming could wipe out the Amazon rainforest in less than a century say Brazilian researchers:"Jose Antonio Marengo, a meteorologist with Brazil's National Space Research Institute, said that global warming, if left unchecked, will reduce rainfall and raise...

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