Climatic and Environmental Convulsions
150,000 Pakistanis flee floods
08/23/2010 21:43
From AlJazeera:
About 150,000 Pakistanis have been forced to flee their homes in southern Sindh province after floodwaters submerged more towns and villages in the region.
A stream of lorries, tractors and donkey carts transported people away from the newly-affected areas on Saturday as...
Extreme weather and natural disasters occurring simultaneously around the globe
08/16/2010 21:42
From Examiner.com:
No matter how one would like to keep optimistic in this day and age, it is very hard to ignore the fact that this earth is experiencing some serious changes. Russia is fighting a killer heatwave, raging wildfires, and threats of nuclear smog, while the Asian floods,...
Mass evacuation in Pakistan with another wave of flood water
08/16/2010 07:12
From AlJazeera.net:
An evacuation effort on a massive scale is continuing in Pakistan as tens of thousands of people flee another wave of floodwater in the south of the country.
The swollen Indus river has burst its banks in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province on Monday, swamping...
Moscow smog causes 700 deaths daily
08/15/2010 00:42
From Jerusalem Post:
MOSCOW — An average 700 a people a day were dying in Moscow Monday amid a sweltering heat wave and poisonous smog from wildfires, a top Russian health official said Monday.
Moscow health chief Andrei Seltsovky blamed weeks of unprecedented heat and suffocating smog for the...
20 Million Left Homeless in Pakistan Floods
08/14/2010 22:06
From Guardian.co.uk:
Pakistan's government has compared the impact of the country's devastating floods to the country's partition from India as it revealed more than 20 million people had been made homeless by the disaster.
The prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, said the country faced...
Indonesia volcano spews lava, gas; 4 feared dead
08/06/2010 23:17
From MSNBC:
JAKARTA, Indonesia — One of Indonesia's most active volcanos erupted Friday, sending lava and a searing gas cloud tumbling down its slopes. At least four family members were swept away and feared dead, officials said, and several others were badly hurt.
"It happened so fast,"...
3-D Image of Joplin's 2011-05-22 Tornado
