Dorset landslide: Angry friends accuse police over mudslide couple's death as the case is referred to watchdog

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:38:00 +0200mailonsunday (en)

Elderly sweethearts Rosemary Snell and Michael Rolfe were buried alive under tons of dislodged earth and rubble after their car was flattened by debris dislodged in bad weather in Dorset.

Dorset landslide: Angry friends accuse police over mudslide couple's death as the case is referred to watchdog

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:48:00 +0200dailymail (en)

Elderly sweethearts Rosemary Snell and Michael Rolfe were buried alive under tons of dislodged earth and rubble after their car was flattened by debris dislodged in bad weather in Dorset.

U.S. severe weather insurance losses near $2 billion in June

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:31:00 +0200homelandsecuritynewswire (en)

7/12/12 Disaster losses Several natural disaster events occurred across the United States during the month of June, the most costly being a severe weather event that spawned up to baseball-sized hail in parts of Texas and New Mexico; according to the Insurance Council of Texas, insured losses in the....

Wild weather

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:59:00 +0200hurriyetdailynews (en)

It was 42 degrees centigrade in St. Louis, Missouri, last weekend, about the same as in Saudi Arabia.

India Ink: In Assam, the Brahmaputra River Remains Uncontrollable

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:32:00 +0200nytimes (en)

River embankments have failed to stem flooding, and experts seek a new approach.

India Ink: In Assam, the Brahmaputra River Remains Uncontrollable

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:22:00 +0200IHT (en)

River embankments have failed to stem flooding, and experts seek a new approach.

Russia's Putin acts tough but faces flood risks

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:44:00 +0200trust (en)

Sun, 8 Jul 2012 16:01 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters * Putin projects tough image in flood zone visit * Criticism over crisis could further dent popularity * Loyal media accused of focusing too much on his trip By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, July 8 (Reuters) - It took only a few hours before Vladimir....

Russia's Putin acts tough but faces flood risks

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:41:00 +0200alertnet (en)

Sun, 8 Jul 2012 16:01 GMT Source: reuters // Reuters * Putin projects tough image in flood zone visit * Criticism over crisis could further dent popularity * Loyal media accused of focusing too much on his trip By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, July 8 (Reuters) - It took only a few hours before Vladimir....

Russia's Putin acts tough but faces flood risks

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:45:00 +0200news-yahoo (en)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - It took only a few hours before Vladimir Putin was aboard a luxury helicopter, surveying the flood waters in southern Russia that have killed 150 people. Television channels showed the Russian president asking pointed questions and then grilling the governor and other local....

The Fukushima report hides behind the cultural curtain | Naoko Shimazu

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:46:00 +0200guardian (en)

By claiming the disaster was 'made in Japan', an official report reinforces, yet does not explain, unhelpful stereotypes More than a year after a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on 11 March 2011 , the Fukushima nuclear accident independent investigation commission released an....

As the climate changes, extreme weather isn't that extreme any more | John Vidal

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:24:00 +0200guardian (en)

With the US heatwave and Europe's rain, records are tumbling. Formerly rare occurrences are becoming the new normal Britain and northern Europe are dripping their way into what is already being called a "lost summer". We have had our wettest April and June and our coldest spring, and there is no end in sight of the abnormal weather.

India to launch monsoon 'mission'

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:44:00 +0200bbc (en)

India is launching a $75m (£48m) scheme using computer models to understand the south-west monsoon and forecast the rains more accurately.

Disastrous Floods in Assam: 100 Killed, 25 Lakh Homeless ‘PM’s 500 crore relief is just a drop in the ocean’ – AIUDF

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:42:00 +0200asiantribune (en)

| |Share: |more: |Zoom: A A A > By *M. Burhanuddin Qasmi Assam, the gateway to the northeastern seven sister states of India , is facing the natures’ bang once again. The flood situation in Assam is grim, nearly 25 lakhs people affected in the deluge and around 100 killed till 3rd July.

India to launch monsoon 'mission'

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:32:00 +0200bbc (en)

India is launching a $75m mission using computer models to understand the south-west monsoon and forecast the rains more accurately, officials say.

India Floods Death Toll Rises to 61

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:03:00 +0200bna (en)

New Delhi, July 01 (BNA) - The death toll from the floods which hit India 's north-eastern state of Assam has risen to 61. At least another 31 people were announced dead on Sunday in the floods that hit India during the monsoon season. The floods have swamped more than 2,000 villages across 23 of....

India Floods Death Toll Rises to 61

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:02:00 +0200bna-en (en)

New Delhi, July 01 (BNA) - The death toll from the floods which hit India 's north-eastern state of Assam has risen to 61. At least another 31 people were announced dead on Sunday in the floods that hit India during the monsoon season. The floods have swamped more than 2,000 villages across 23 of....

Monsoon ‘to pick up’ this month after a slow start

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:22:00 +0200gulf-times (en)

Some 26 out of India ’s 36 weather zones received “deficient” or “scanty” rains in the past week from the monsoon which typically sweeps the subcontinent from June to September, according to the weather office’s website yesterday.

Giant waves flood shore temple in Mamallapuram

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 05:19:00 +0200indiatimes (en)

Giant waves, more than 12 feet high, hit the northern side of the famous shore temple at Mamallapuram, 60 km from Chennai, on Tuesday evening, leaving the heritage monument three feet deep in water.

Giant waves flood shore temple in Mamallapuram

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:39:00 +0200timesofindia (en)

Giant waves, more than 12 feet high, hit the northern side of the famous shore temple at Mamallapuram, 60 km from Chennai, on Tuesday evening, leaving the heritage monument three feet deep in water.

Indian Ocean Rim Countries Battered by Disasters – Part 2

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:59:00 +0200ipsnews (en)

This is the second of a two-part series on hydrometeorological disasters in the India n Ocean rim.

Indian Ocean Rim Countries Battered by Disasters – Part 2

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:44:00 +0200ipsnews (en)

The heat wave in the India n state of Orissa, which saw a 10-degree Celsius increase in summer temperatures last month, claimed 21 lives, according to government sources; unofficial estimates counted 87 deaths.