Now residents of the Midwest are suffering from the effects of Ike. They are facing blackouts and flooded homes, and more than 2 million people could be affected.The death toll has now risen to at least 39 in 10...
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"New weird news related to cows: Researchers discovered that cattle have a good sense of direction and tend to point in a northerly direction. It has long been observed that cows appear to have a talent for weather forecasting and are able to predict when rain is on the way,...
Before humans arrived on the scene nearly 100,000 years ago, the earth experienced climatic changes at somewhat regular intervals. Ice sheets expanded and melted, droughts and floods ravaged...
One of the UK's "golden age" piers was destroyed by a fire in the early hours of this morning. The pier in Lancashire was one of the first to be built in the golden age of pier building in Britain, which lasted from...
Habib Khan a 50 year old man from the English county of Staffordshire was sentenced to 8 years for the manslaughter of 52 year old keith brown, a local neo nazi. Brown had been harassing Mr Khan for five years ever since he moved to the...
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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK(potential for tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail within the next 24 hours)ISOLATED Severe Thunderstorms(Microbursts, Large Hail, Isolated Tornadoes)W ON....C QBSome Thunderstorms May...
"The third and final day of the cricket match between India A and Australia A was washed out due to rain at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium on Thursday. The match ended in a draw without a ball being bowled on successive days. Australia were 82 for three after three...
"Play on the second day of the three-day cricket match between India A and Australia A was called off without a ball being bowled due to wet outfield at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here Wednesday. The umpires inspected the outfield three hours after the scheduled...
Overview
Hurricane Ike is now a Category 2 storm with top winds of 100 mph, situated over the Gulf of Mexico at 24.5 N, 86.5 W or 365 miles south of Venice LA. Central pressure of the hurricane is about 950MB...
"Rain truncated the first day’s play between India A and Australia A at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Hyderabad. Australian captain Simon Katich won the toss and elected to bat after the rain stopped and play got underway. Immediately then Indian pacers Kulkarni...
After the worst flooding to his Northumberland in 50 years, a massive cleanup effort has begun in North England."More than 1,000 properties were affected, with Morpeth being hardest hit as about 400 people were moved...
After days of torrential rain, nearly 1,000 people have been forced into emergency accommodation as their homes have been flooded.Worst hit has been the Northumberland town of Morpeth, where flash flooding has left...
Hanna, which is classified as a Tropical Storm, did not do much damage on the Carolina Coast, before heading up to the Eastern Seaboard."Officials in South Carolina and North Carolina said they had received no...
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The news for the Haitian people is not encouraging as there are 3 tropical storms that could affect Haiti in coming days. Gustav took the lives of 77 Haitians, while Hanna has cost 11 lives since...
By, Uwe Paschen.In the past two weeks we have known much rain here in Japan's Tokyo, Saitama, Tochigi, and Chiba Prefecture. At times the rain fall went as high as 113 mm/H and this through out the Western Japanese...
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