Month: October 2010

NSW Disaster Zone Spreads

The New South Wales Government has declared more areas in the Riverina and the state's south-west natural disaster zones

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Super Typhoon heads for Philippines

MANILA (Reuters) – A super typhoon bore down on the northeastern Philippines on Sunday packing winds of more than

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Hope fades for China miners

Rescuers said there was little hope that 11 missing miners survived a gas leak in a central Chinese coal

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Flood victims going into debt

NOWSHERA, Pakistan – With their villages in shambles, winter on its way and government help slow to arrive, Pakistan's

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Focus turns to China mine rescue

Video Report: After Chile's mine rescue success attention turns to China's efforts to save 11 workers trapped underground after

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Deadly floods hit southern Russia

Video Report: A fatal combination of heavy rains and whirlwinds brings devastation to Russia's Krasnodar region. (more…)

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Two Strong Quakes hit Tonga

A second strong earthquake in 24 hours has shaken Tonga. A strong earthquake measuring 5.9-magnitude struck off the coast

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Extreme weather batters Australia

Video Report: Australians evacuate towns in southwest after rains cause flooding. (more…)

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China: Methane blast kills 20 miners

A China coal mine accident has killed 20 miners and left another 17 missing underground, the government said on

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Protesters Blockade Oil Refinery

Hundreds of demonstrators claim they have stopped 375,000 gallons of fuel from leaving a depot after blockading the road

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