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 January 06, 2014 |
Man dies as storms continue to batter Britain London (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - A man died after his mobility scooter fell into the River Thames on Sunday, police said, as dozens of flood warnings remained in place across Britain. The 47-year-old was pulled from the river near Oxford, south England, after he fell in while trying to avoid a flooded pathway. Police are treating his death as unexplained. More than 200 homes along the west coast of Britain have bee ... more Fighting across South Sudan despite peace talks: army  Juba (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - Fighting was continuing across South Sudan on Sunday, the army said, even as peace talks between the government and rebels were set to begin in neighbouring Ethiopia. Army spokesman Philip Aguer reported ongoing clashes in the oil-producing Unity and Upper Nile states in the north, saying that government forces were advancing on the two state capitals of Bentiu and Malakal, currently in rebe ... more Arctic blast takes aim at frigid US  New York (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - Millions of people hunkered down Sunday in America in anticipation of brutal weather from a dangerous Arctic blast that could send US temperatures plummeting to their coldest in 20 years. The northeast of the country and parts of Canada have been in the grip of crippling heavy snow and deadly sub-zero conditions since the turn of the year and the deep freeze is now ripping through the US Mid ... more Cardinal, bishops plea for aid in Italy 'Triangle of Death'  Rome (AFP) Jan 04, 2014 - A cardinal and bishops in Italy's so-called "Triangle of Death" have called for urgent action to tackle toxic mafia dumps blamed for rising cancer rates near Naples. "Act quickly. We urge the authorities to intervene and be decisive, to stop the spread of worry, fears and ills," Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Archbishop of Naples, wrote in an open appeal to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, a ... more Typhoon brings unexpected medical relief to Philippine town  Basey, Philippines (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - A devastating typhoon that killed thousands of people in the Philippines has unexpectedly given young traffic accident victim Mario Renos hope that he could one day walk again. Hit by a motorcycle while walking to school months before Super Typhoon Haiyan struck the central islands, the 13-year-old's shrivelled legs are taking their first steps to recovery at a Red Cross tent hospital put up ... more Supervolcano eruptions are triggered by melt buoyancy  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - Supervolcanos are not usual volcanos. By effectively "exploding" as opposed to erupting, they leave a giant hole in the Earth's crust instead of a volcanic cone - a caldera, which can be up to one hundred kilometres in diameter. On average, supervolcanos are active more rarely than once every 100,000 years; since records began, none has been active. Consequently, researchers can only gain a vagu ... more Scientists explain age-related obesity: Brown fat fails  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - As most people resolve themselves to lose weight this New Year, here's why it seems to get easier and easier to pack on unwanted pounds: New research published in the January 2014 issue of The FASEB Journal, shows that as we age, the thermogenic activity of brown fat is reduced. Brown fat is a "good" fat located in the backs of our necks that helps burn "bad" white fat around our bellies. ... more China starts fifth national desertification monitoring  Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2014 - China launched its Fifth National Monitoring of Desertification and Sandification on Friday. The State Forestry Administration said the campaign to collect information on the status and dynamics of land will last 18 months and combine land-surface survey with satellite remote-sensing technology. The results will provide scientific bases for policy-making and help combat desertificati ... more Ground-breaking work sheds new light on volcanic activity  Bristol UK (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - Factors determining the frequency and magnitude of volcanic phenomena have been uncovered by an international team of researchers. Experts from the Universities of Geneva, Bristol and Savoie carried out over 1.2 million simulations to establish the conditions in which volcanic eruptions of different sizes occur. The team used numerical modelling and statistical techniques to identify ... more Four die in Swiss Alps avalanches  Geneva (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - Four skiers were killed and another was in a critical condition after a series of avalanches hit the Alps in southern Switzerland Sunday, Swiss media reported. Three of the victims, including a guide, died when a wall of snow bore down on a group of cross-country skiers in the canton of Valais, critically wounding another, public broadcaster RTS reported. A fourth, a 34-year-old Swiss ma ... more Fire destroys Argentine natural reserve  Buenos Aires (AFP) Jan 04, 2014 - A large fire destroyed much of a nature reserve at the foot of the Sierra de la Ventana mountains in Argentina, but workers managed to control it Saturday, authorities said. The blaze ripped through 48,000 hectares (118,610 acres) of a grassland area, including much of he 6,700 hectares of Ernesto Tornquist Provincial Park, in Buenos Aires province. "After a week of hard work, the fire i ... more US braces for record lows in big freeze  New York (AFP) Jan 05, 2014 - Authorities urged Americans to stay indoors and stock up on food after a fierce winter storm killed 11 people and forecasters said the Arctic blast could bring record low temperatures. There was no sign of respite Saturday from the brutal chill that has struck since the start of 2014 in parts of the northeastern United States and Canada, prompting New York and New Jersey to declare a state o ... more Indonesian volcano erupts 30 times as 20,000 displaced  Karo, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 04, 2014 - An Indonesian volcano that has erupted relentlessly for months shot volcanic ash into the air 30 times on Saturday, forcing further evacuations with more than 20,000 people now displaced, an official said. Mount Sinabung on the western island of Sumatra sent rivers of lava flowing through an evacuation zone and columns of volcanic cloud up as high as 4,000 metres (13,000 feet), National Disa ... more Deadly freeze hits northern US  New York (AFP) Jan 03, 2014 - A fierce winter storm brought chaos to the northern United States on Friday, killing at least 11 people and forcing the cancelation of thousands of flights. More than 24 inches (61 centimeters) of snow fell in parts of Massachusetts town as a state of emergency was declared in New York and New Jersey states. One worker was killed when a 100-foot pile of salt being prepared to treat roads ... more One dead as cyclone skims France's Reunion island  Le Port, Reunion (AFP) Jan 03, 2014 - One person died and 15 were injured after a cyclone packing winds of 150 kilometres (95 miles) an hour brushed by the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, officials said Friday. A red alert asking residents to remain indoors was lifted on Friday. But the cyclone caused widespread damage uprooting trees, damaging and flooding dozens of homes and severing power and water supplies. Th ... more Rio heatwave sets off sprinklers  Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Jan 03, 2014 - Soaring temperatures in Rio de Janeiro set off the fire sprinklers Friday in a downtown shopping mall as the thermometer topped 40 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit). In the sunshine, temperatures rose to 50 degrees Celsius, leaving residents of the metropolis gasping. But customers taking refuge indoors at Shopping Leblon gained unexpected relief when the sprinklers came on. " ... more H1N1 flu claims five lives in Canada's Alberta province  Montreal (AFP) Jan 03, 2014 - An H1N1 flu outbreak in Alberta has sickened nearly 1,000 people and killed five, the Canadian province's health minister said Friday, urging everyone to get vaccinated. "Over the past few weeks, we have seen a surge in the number of influenza cases across Alberta. Many of those affected are healthy young adults," Health Minister Fred Horne said in a statement. In total, 965 cases of the ... more | . | MORE DISASTER NEWS China denies vaccine killed babies Attacks on Chadians in C.Africa will not go 'unpunished': president Britain sees new flooding after storms and high tides Patient with rare 'word blindness' condition relearns how to read Earthquake lights linked to rift environments, subvertical faults Scientists uncover hidden river of rubbish threatening to devastate wildlife Atlas Mountains in Morocco are buoyed up by superhot rock Pine Island Glacier sensitive to climatic variability South African Trauma Center Launches Portable Electronic Trauma Health Record Application Longmanshen fault zone still hazardous Westinghouse Announces Setting of AP1000 Plant Shield Building Conical Roofs China loans Pakistan $6.5 bn for nuclear plants Saudi royal firm to file complaint against France's EDF Snowstorm bears down on northeastern United States Haitian president urges his country to come together 15 hurt as powerful cyclone brushes France's Reunion island Study pinpoints likely site of next big China quake C. Africa won't sap France's military: minister South Sudan army to probe civilian killings: government Seven die in Cameroon clash between army and C.Africa gunmen Last Uighurs freed from Guantanamo arrive in Slovakia US names drone testing sites Strong cyclone hits western Australia |
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