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Minister warns of new UK flood threat

Reuters Environmental Online Report 3 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Heavy rain could bring more flooding to parts of northern England still struggling to cope with the damage caused by last week's unprecedented storms, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said on Monday. In an emergency statement to parliament, Benn said ...

Severe Weather Conditions Hit The UK

Getty Images 4 days ago

PORTHCAWL, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 22: Waves batter the harbour wall on November 22, 2009 in Porthcawl, Wales. As fresh gale force winds and heavy rain sweeps across the UK, a major rescue operation is continuing after severe weather conditions caused flooding ...

Homes under threat as Australian wildfires blaze

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Hundreds of homes in eastern Australia were under threat from massive wildfires on Sunday as soaring temperatures and windy conditions fanned the out-of-control flames, officials said. A bushfire emergency warning, the highest level of alert, has been issued for residents in the ...

Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday. Unseasonably hot and dry weather combined with strong winds to fan scores of blazes in the country's southeastern states, ...

'Catastrophic' warning as fires flare in Australia

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst ever wildfire disaster. Major lightning storms set off about 100 blazes in South Australia alone, most of ...

El Nino intensifies Latin America drought

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

From a devastating food crisis in Guatemala to water cuts in Venezuela, El Nino has compounded drought damage across Latin America this year. The occasional seasonal warming of central and eastern Pacific waters upsets normal weather patterns across the globe and occurs ...

'Catastrophic' warnings as bushfires flare in Australia

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst ever wildfire disaster. Major lightning storms set off about 100 blazes in South Australia alone, most of ...

dwp market collapsed

WENN 6 days ago

Firefighters in China rushed to the agricultural market in Hebi city, in the Henan province, on Wednesday (18Nov09) when heavy snow caused the building's roof to collapse. The wild winter weather left a massive build up of snow on top of the ...

KATRINA LAWSUIT

AP News 6 days ago

Map compares the current state of New Orleans to before Hurricane Katrina struck in August Copyright 2009 AP News

US Army Corps at fault for New Orleans levee failures: judge

AFP American Edition 6 days ago

The deadly levee failures that led to the 2005 flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge has ruled. The late Wednesday ruling could open the federal government up ...

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