Tag: Floods

Galapagos face ecological disaster due to tourism

Mosquitoes brought into the Galapagos on tourist planes and boats threaten to wreak "ecological disaster" in the islands, central

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Climate change an Australian security threat

Australia faces more intense and frequent heatwaves, wildfires, cyclones and floods, with climate change becoming a threat to national

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Crops destroyed as Iowa farmers add up damage of massive weekend storms

Farmers began assessing the damage of a hailstorm that struck Sunday morning along U.S. Highway 20 from Webster and

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Typhoon Morakot sparks exodus: up to 1,000 missing in Taiwan

Fears were growing for 1,000 villagers in southern Taiwan who were declared 'missing' on Monday after a typoon resulted

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1 million flee China super typhoon

Wicked Waves as high as 9 meters have been reported on China's south-east coast Authorities have evacuated almost one

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Troops deployed as Taiwan suffers worst flooding in 50 years

Taiwan's government mobilised troops Sunday to rescue tens of thousands of residents trapped in the island's worst flooding in

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Climate change to challenge US military

Climate change will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military

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10 dead as typhoon Morakot hits Philippines

MANILA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people -- including three French tourists -- were killed in flood

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PHILIPPINES: 375,000 displaced by fierce floods

MANILA, 3 August 2009 (IRIN) - At least eight people have drowned and more than 375,000 been affected by

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Climate change to hit Africa fisheries hard-study

African nations will be the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change on fisheries, ranging from damage to

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