Mexican
swine flu
outbreak kills
29, infects
nearly 1,500
An ongoing
swine flu
outbreak in
Mexico has
left at least
29 people dead
and nearly
1,500 others
infected,
health
officials
confirmed on
Saturday.
Thousands more
are also ill
as the country
faces several
types of flu
this season.
Miners
Feared Dead in
Pakistan After
Landslide
Police say at
least nine
miners are
feared dead
after they
were buried by
a large
landslide in
northwest
Pakistan.
Texas
flooding
leaves cars
underwater
A storm system
is dropping
several inches
of rain on
parts of
Texas. Several
area are
reporting
flash
flooding.
4
dead after
landslide hits
Papua New
Guinea
Rescuers were
pulling bodies
from the
debris of a
landslide that
struck
mountainous
central Papua
New Guinea, a
disaster
official said
Wednesday.
Local news
media reported
that as many
as 60 people
were dead or
missing.
Australia
floods:
'Inland sea'
moves across
Victoria
Parts of the
south-eastern
Australian
state of
Victoria are
braced for the
approach of a
giant lake of
floodwater 55
miles (90km)
long, as
Australia's
severe
flooding
problems
continue.
Giant
freak
lightning
storms rumble
across Western
Australia
Four people
have been
struck by
lightning and
thousands are
without power
as dangerous
weather sweeps
Perth and the
outer
metropolitan
coast.
Strong
storms hit
Alabama, kill
two
Search and
rescue team
combed through
debris in
Alabama after
powerful
thunderstorms
pummeled the
state early on
Monday,
killing at
least two
people and
leaving heavy
damage just
hours after
tornadoes
struck
portions of
Arkansas.
Floods
force OR
residents to
evacuate
Officials in
Turner, Oregon
have asked
residents to
evacuate their
homes and flee
to higher
ground as
floodwaters
from a rising
creek sweep
through town.
(Jan. 19)
Flooding
causes chaos
at Kruger Park
South African
National Parks
(SANParks)
issued an
urgent warning
on Wednesday
that certain
Kruger
National Park
gates and
roads have
been closed as
a result of
heavy rainfall
in the area.
Georgia:
High winds
topple trees
High winds
blasted
Newnan,
Georgia,
Saturday
uprooting
trees and
causing
property
damage.
Drought
returns to
Sahel,
bringing
hunger
For the third
time in the
past decade,
drought has
returned to
the arid,
western
shoulder of
Africa,
bringing
hunger to
millions. Aid
agencies are
warning that
if action is
not taken now,
the region
known as the
Sahel could
slip into
crisis.
Flash
floods feared
after deadly
Reno wildfire
The wildfire
that destroyed
29 homes near
Reno is
contained.
Thousands of
evacuees are
back home. And
the family of
the woman
found dead
says there's
no point in
prosecuting
the remorseful
man who
accidentally
started it.
White-Nose
Syndrome: Bat
Fungus Has
Killed Around
6 Million
Since 2006
It's been six
years since
the dawn of
white-nose
syndrome -- a
bat-killing
fungus that's
sweeping west
across North
America -- but
the disease is
so fast and
stealthy that
scientists are
still
struggling to
keep up. They
reached a
major
milestone this
week, albeit a
discouraging
one: They
calculated
about how many
bats have died
so far.
Bird
Flu Deaths
Reported In
Vietnam,
Cambodia
Vietnam on
Thursday
confirmed its
first human
death from
bird flu in
nearly two
years, a day
after
neighboring
Cambodia also
logged its
first fatality
this year as
new cases of
the H5N1 virus
are reported
in Asia and
the Middle
East.
Radiation,
rusty metal
seen in
tsunami-hit
reactor
Radiation-blurred
images taken
inside one of
Japan's
tsunami-hit
nuclear
reactors
Thursday
showed steam,
unidentified
parts and
rusty metal
surfaces
scarred by 10
months'
exposure to
heat and
humidity.
Ice
shuts Seattle
airport,
100,000 lose
power
A day after a
major Pacific
storm covered
Washington
state in snow,
the Seattle
area woke up
to a new
menace: an ice
storm.
Bird
flu-infected
Cambodian boy
died
A 2-year-and-7
month-old boy
from
northwestern
province of
Banteay
Meanchey had
died early
Wednesday from
avian
influenza A
(H5N1) virus
after being
admitted to
hospital for
about a week,
said a senior
health
official.
Chemical
accident
injures 39
people in
Germany
A chemical
accident
involving
chlorine gas
injured nearly
40 people
Tuesday at a
plant for
security
technology in
Bruhl.
Tornadoes
strike
Kentucky,
Indiana
A strong storm
system blowing
through the
upper South
and Midwest
spawned at
least two rare
January
tornadoes, the
National
Weather
Service said
on Tuesday.
Tokyo
Radiation on
Detection
A center opens
to ease health
fears over
last year's
Fukushima
nuclear
disaster.
Unseasonal
weather leaves
wildlife all
mixed-up
ALTHOUGH IT
may still be
officially
winter,
above-average
air and soil
temperatures
have brought
bird species
ravaged by two
consecutive
cold winters
bouncing back,
while confused
plants think
it is spring.
Unseasonal
weather leaves
wildlife all
mixed-up
ALTHOUGH
IT may still
be officially
winter,
above-average
air and soil
temperatures
have brought
bird species
ravaged by two
consecutive
cold winters
bouncing back,
while confused
plants think
it is spring.
Five
fishermen
missing after
boat sinks off
Cork coast
Five men are
missing after
a fishing boat
sank this
morning near
the mouth of
Glandore
Harbour in Co
Cork.
Costa
Concordia:
Cruise ship
survivors
found
Heavy snow has
triggered
widespread
power outages.
Heavy
Snowfall
brings
Istanbul to a
Halt
Heavy snow has
triggered
widespread
power outages.
Tornado,
storms injure
15, destroy
homes in North
Carolina
Dozens of
western North
Carolina homes
were damaged,
including 16
destroyed, in
a tornado and
storms that
also injured
15 persons,
authorities
said Thursday.
Confiscated
bushmeat
'poses virus
threat'
Scientists
have
documented
potentially
dangerous
viruses
entering the
US through
illegally
imported
wildlife
products.
Drought
poses risk to
corn, soybeans
in Argentina
Rain in
Argentina on
Tuesday
brought some
relief to the
drought-stricken
central part
of the
country, but
concerns
remained.
29
dead in Brazil
floods
Dozens of
people died as
heavy rain
caused
flooding and
mudslides in
Brazil this
week,
officials said
Tuesday.
Northern
Plains hit
hard by
deer-killing
disease
White-tailed
deer
populations in
parts of
eastern
Montana and
elsewhere in
the Northern
Plains could
take years to
recover from a
devastating
disease that
killed
thousands of
the animals in
recent months,
wildlife
officials and
hunting
outfitters
said.
Brazil:
Mudslide,
Rains Kill At
Least 28
A mudslide
caused by two
days of
downpours has
killed at
least 13
people in a
small town in
southeastern
Brazil, and
another 11 are
listed as
missing, the
head of the
Rio de Janeiro
state civil
defense
department
said Tuesday.
2
dead, dozens
injured in
Montana bus
wreck
Two people
were killed
and more than
30 others
injured early
Sunday when a
charter bus
crashed in icy
conditions
near Clinton,
Montana,
officials
said.
Paraguay
declares alert
as
foot-and-mouth
detected
Paraguayan
officials have
moved to
quarantine an
area in the
province of
San Pedro to
try to deal
with an
outbreak of
foot-and-mouth
disease.
Mass
pileup on
Texas highway
leaves
multiple
casualties
At least 50
vehicles were
involved in a
wreck that
hurt dozens of
people and
closed part of
a highway in
southeastern
Texas on
Thursday,
authorities
said.
Still
More Cheese
Recalled in
Wisconsin
The cheese
recall in
Wisconsin
expanded again
Thursday.
4,000
Brazilians
evacuated as
dike bursts
after heavy
rains
Brazilian
authorities on
Thursday said
they were
evacuating
4,000 people
in the state
of Rio de
Janeiro after
days of heavy
rains burst a
river dike.
Landslide
kills 25 at
gold mine in
southern
Philippines;
more than 100
believed still
buried
A landslide
tore through a
small-scale
gold mining
site in the
southern
Philippines on
Thursday,
killing at
least 25
people and
burying dozens
more, months
after
government
officials
warned miners
that the
mountain above
them was
guaranteed to
crumble.
New
Zealand: 'I
watched my son
die'
A man has told
of seeing his
son and best
mate succumb
to hypothermia
in the icy
waters of
Foveaux Strait
and of making
the
heartbreaking
decision to
leave their
bodies
floating in
the sea as he
fought for his
own survival.
Australia:
Bushfire
threatening
Top End resort
A BUSHFIRE
burning for
about two
weeks is
bearing down
on the Ross
River Resort,
east of Alice
Springs.
Salmonella
Sprouts Recall
Expands Due to
Listeria
Concern
A sprouts
grower that
recalled
alfalfa
sprouts last
month because
of a positive
Salmonella
test is now
pulling more
varieties off
the market
because of
Listeria
concerns.
Police
investigate as
Chile fires
spread
FOREST fires
in southern
Chile, fuelled
by intense
heat and
strong winds,
have advanced
further after
destroying
nearly 40,000
hectares,
officials say.
Police
investigate as
Chile fires
spread
FOREST fires
in southern
Chile, fuelled
by intense
heat and
strong winds,
have advanced
further after
destroying
nearly 40,000
hectares,
officials say.
Massive
grass
fire burns in
eastern Texas
The U.S. Fish
and Wildlife
Service is
battling a
large grass
fire in the
marshlands of
Jefferson
County, Texas,
an agency
official told
CNN on
Tuesday.
Australia:
Firefighters
continue to
battle Perth
fire
FIREFIGHTERS
are working
through the
night to
manage a blaze
that broke out
near Perth
Airport.
Massive
grass fire
burns in
eastern Texas
The U.S. Fish
and Wildlife
Service is
battling a
large grass
fire in the
marshlands of
Jefferson
County, Texas,
an agency
official told
CNN on
Tuesday.
Tons
of dead fish
appear on,
then disappear
from Norwegian
beach
Tons of dead
herring that
washed up on a
Norwegian
beach on New
Year's Eve are
now gone, and
no one is sure
how they got
there or where
they went.
Deadly
mushrooms kill
two in
Australia
Two people
have died
after eating
poisonous
death cap
mushrooms -
similar to
edible straw
mushrooms - at
a New Year's
Eve party in
Australia.
Severe
weather leaves
thousands
without power
Engineers are
working to
reconnect
power to
thousands of
homes cut off
by violent
storms which
hit the UK.
