Tag: Floods

There is Nowhere to run from Global Disasters

Norman Myers, a world renowned British environmentalist and authority on biodiversity, forecast more than a decade ago that as

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AFGHANISTAN: Flash floods displace 1,200 people in Samangan

KABUL, 26 May 2008 (IRIN) - Flash floods have displaced about 200 families (roughly 1,200 individuals) in the Hazrat

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Natural Disasters Become More Catastrophic

A research suggested that the number of natural disasters stemming from geological reasons such as earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis

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Italy hit by flash flood

Heavy rains in Italy have caused the River Aniene in Tivoli to burst its banks. Hundreds of people looked

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Mississippi River floods doom promising year for farmers

REDWOOD, Miss. — Farmers here are experiencing water torture as they wait for the flooded Mississippi River to recede

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Indonesia’s thirsty capital is sinking as sea levels rise

Separated by a road and a viscous finger of black, garbage-choked water, the stilt-house slum of Muara Baru and

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Scientists predict more floods, droughts

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Scientists predicted Thursday that climate change in coming decades will cause more flooding in the Northern

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