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IRAN: Earthquake injures 250 in 8 villages
A powerful earthquake struck early Monday in western Iran, injuring at least 250 people in a region near the border…
NEPAL: Search continues for missing landslide victims (VIDEO)
As we published earlier in the day, the death toll from landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains in…
NASA gets rare view of black hole (+VIDEO)
NASA’s black-hole hunting telescope has captured a cosmic battle between dark and light. NuSTAR, formally known as the Nuclear Spectroscopic…
Nepal: 109 confirmed dead after flooding; thousands more homeless
The death toll from landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Nepal and northern India has climbed to…
Australia: SA rains break 40 year records
Parts of South Australia’s North East Pastoral have received the most significant August falls since the early 70’s. A low…
Week in Weather: What’s Been Making Headlines this Week
There hasn’t been much in the way of good news this week – most of the major events in weather…
Australia: Much needed rain soaks the outback
Rainfall has only just begun over central Australia, yet a series of towns and properties have picked up their best…
OPINION: Why the earth’s problem with ‘passing gas’ is getting worse
Note: Alan Weisman is the author of “Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?” (Little, Brown and Co)….
Northern Ireland: Squalls capsize dozens of sailors
More than 200 sailors caught in heavy weather off the coast of Northern Ireland have been accounted for and have…
Storms Update: Earthquake hits Japan during typhoon; Hawaii braced for second tropical storm
A tropical storm was moving out into the Sea of Japan last night after lashing the country with rain and…
