Category: Americas

Dramatic rescue during flash floods in Colombia

Video Report: An amateur cameraman has captured the rescue of two girls from a taxi stranded by fast flowing

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Canada: The Black Plague found in Saskatchewan gopher populations

VAL MARIE, SASK.---The plague has been found amongst the prairie dog populations in Saskatchewan's Grasslands National Park, but staff

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Giant Greenland iceberg a climate ‘warning sign’

A giant iceberg that snapped away from Greenland last week is a signal that global warming is causing the

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Alabama sues BP for “catastrophic” Gulf oil spill

Alabama is suing BP Plc, Transocean and Halliburton for "catastrophic harm" caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill,

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Fire in the Amazon rainforest

Video Report: Fires rage in parts of Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Deborah Lutterbeck reports. (more…)

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Rabid Vampire Bats Bite 500 People In Peru

Vampire bats infected with rabies have attacked more than 500 people in Peru - sparking an outbreak of the

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Greenpeace expected massive break-off from Greenland glacier

Environmental watchdog Greenpeace said Thursday it was expecting the disintegration of the Petermann glacier in north-western Greenland, from which

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6.9 quake shakes Ecuador

A 6.9 magnitude quake has struck Ecuador in a region south-east of Quito, the US Geological Survey said. No tsunami

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Iowa Floods: Hundreds evacuated, 1 dead

DES MOINES, Iowa – Three nights of heavy rainfall caused Iowa creeks and rivers to swell, forcing hundreds of

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Greenpeace to launch expedition to probe BP oil spill impact

Environmental watchdog Greenpeace on Wednesday announced the launch of a three-month expedition on which researchers will analyze the impact

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