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With wind speed up to 215kph Cimaron hits northern Philippine territory, causing 15 death, uprooted trees and flooding. Typhoon seen by Daily Aqua, 2006-20-29 5:00 UTC ...>>

The Mexican government issued a hurricane watch along the Baja California peninsula from Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip northward to Agua Blanca and across to La Paz on the east coast. Picture taken by Daily Terra, 2006-10-22. ...>>

Founded in 1999, Blacksmith Institute's vision is a "clean planet for our children". The institute works in highly polluted locations in the developing world with the intent of mitigating human health risks from pollution. The web site provides a datab ...>>

Buffalo Blizzard3:02 min, added October 13th, 2006 by speca369. The strong storm caused three deaths in western New York, at least 50cm snow on the state and left more than 300,000 without electricity for days. Sets new record for snowiest October in last ...>>

Melville Island is Australia’s second largest island and land of dense rainforest and cascading waterfalls. Together with nearby Bathurst it is home to the Australian Aboriginal people, the Tiwi. Picture taken by Daily Aqua, 2006-10-05. ...>>

Within 36 hours Milenyo - international codename Xangsane - grew from a tropical depression to a typhoon with gusts up to 240 km/h. He crossed the northern Philippines on Thursday, left six provinces - 43 million people - without electricity and killed ...>>

Just looking at what we've seen already, this is a major concern that fire seasons seem to be starting earlier and lasting longer. We've got to get a greater understanding on this, on the frequency of fires, the earlier start to the season and if there's any ...>>

Large wildfire located between Stauffer and Fillmore. Smoke captured by Daily Terra, 2006-09-13. University of Berkeley has recently opened the Center of Fire Research and Outreach and helps homeowners, researchers and decision-makers with a toolkit to de ...>>

A householder has spoken of his horror when the roof was blown off his house in a tornado which struck Leeds and Harrogate during a freak storm. Ranjit Dhanjan said he walked towards his home in the Harehills area of Leeds to find his roof lying in the roa ...>>

Now downgraded to a tropical storm Ernesto is targeting Cuba and the southern tip of Florida. It may strengthen up to a hurricane again before hitting Florida. Govorneur Jeb Bush issued a state of emergency Sunday for all of Florida. Immediate concern cent ...>>

Demographic data collected by Claritas states that about 250,000 people from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast still have not come back to their domicile. Lester R. Brown from Earth Policy Institute concludes: The first massive movement of climate refugees has ...>>

Typhoon Saomai struck the coast of Zhejiang province in the south-east of China on 10 August. Prior to making landfall, maximum sustained winds within the tropical cyclone were recorded by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) at 216 km/h, making it th ...>>

-- According to the Lebanese Higher Relief Council, 1,056 Lebanese have been killed and 3,600 wounded. -- The Government of Israel reports that 41 Israeli civilians have been killed. -- The Lebanese Higher Relief Council also reports the following prelim ...>>

Recent floods in North Korea may have killed as many as 10,000 people. A charity group in South Korea says up to a million people have been affected by the floods. Heavy rains fell across the Korean peninusla throughout July, but the impact of flooding i ...>>

Nice reading about the not yet finished sommer of records 2006 and latest heatwave 2003. Kim Wilsher and Jack Shenker collected interesting facts about overheating and casualties, how people in Greece and Britain behave different and what you may expect ...>>

About 800 people were evacuated from their homes, over 800 households experienced water shortage and over 81,000 experienced power shortages, according to the National Disaster Prevention and Protection Commission under the Executive Yuan. Flooding was reporte ...>>

Several parts of Europe and of the United States are experiencing a heat wave. Governments are taking action to prepare communities for the potential impacts of the record high temperatures. Britain experienced on Wednesday 19 July its hottest day for the mont ...>>

To measure the average sea level is a challenge for scientists. The surface changes every day and second due to waves, temperature, salinity, wind and gravity forced by the moon and the sun. Regional effects like melting glaciers make it even more complicat ...>>