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Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:06:00 +0100 sbs en sbs-b8d6ad4a8d5026168fe556a21100c7e2 NaturalDisasters -33.8916 151.242 -23.19474 144.326096 -19.062969 136.7117 20140324210600 http://reliefweb.int/report/fiji/asia-pacific-region-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-18-24-march-2014 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu FIJI As of 22 March, there were 15,446 suspected cases and 12 deaths from dengue fever in Fiji. The Ministry of Health has projected it will require FJ$5 million to.... Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:29:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-64472e941ba8a27da1df379ce17030ef NaturalDisasters CommunicableDiseases 6.90553 122.068604 -41.3348 174.807 19.7234646819127 93.7566215683482 -17.7404 168.321 7.08008 125.614 -18.1426 178.431 10.49386 119.893402 -6.18287 106.829 48.8521 2.34899 -35.3499 149.042 20140324142900 http://reliefweb.int/report/fiji/asia-pacific-region-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-18-24-march-2014 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu FIJI As of 22 March, there were 15,446 suspected cases and 12 deaths from dengue fever in Fiji. The Ministry of Health has projected it will require FJ$5 million to.... Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:28:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-360314ec5ea0ebe38b08d67e1a00ac51 CommunicableDiseases NaturalDisasters 6.90553 122.068604 -41.3348 174.807 19.7234646819127 93.7566215683482 -17.7404 168.321 7.08008 125.614 -18.1426 178.431 10.49386 119.893402 -6.18287 106.829 48.8521 2.34899 -35.3499 149.042 20140324102800 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/24/sydney-storm-man-dies-after-being-swept-into-stormwater-drain Two men struck by lightning as a month's worth of rain falls in an afternoon, causing chaos across the city Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:51:00 +0100 guardian en guardian-78ad49d432020aabcbc1961b8026722c NaturalDisasters -33.8916 151.242 -23.19474 144.326096 -19.062969 136.7117 20140324085100 http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/lightning-strikes-twice-as-storms-hit-nsw/story-e6frfku9-1226863495270?from=public_rss A MAN is dead and two people have been hit by lightning with heavy storms battering Sydney. Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:10:00 +0100 news_com_au en news_com_au-70942dce6de43f7b8de0d2a71d90e322 NaturalDisasters -33.8916 151.242 -23.19474 144.326096 -19.062969 136.7117 20140324081000 http://article.wn.com/view/2014/03/23/Global_warming_to_hit_Asia_hardest_warns_new_report_on_clima/ President Obamas Science and Technology Advisor, Dr. John Holdren, explains the polar vortex in 2 minutes—and why climate change makes extreme weather more likely going forwardPiers Corbyn of most famous for predicting our current weather anomalies by using a Solar Lunar predictive method, explains.... Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:29:00 +0100 palestinewater en palestinewater-f09ab3eeeba3644443035a7c0f59f29e NaturalDisasters Environment ClimateChange UNbodies Ecology -41.3348 174.807 35.909229 -100.387398 53.3416 -6.25735 50.5033 13.6412 45.3742 -75.6507 48.8521 2.34899 52.373 4.89483 37.5424 126.935 -35.3499 149.042 59.2869 18.073 52.5163 13.3276 35.6831 139.809 -28.9972870207938 25.0892288944874 22.4222282068564 114.157925233557 19.3395004253507 -99.6272668409776 41.8955 12.4906 40.4422 -3.69097 46.145833 -111.088333 20140323012900 http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/a-team-of-scientists-from-university-of-east-anglia-in--/de/News/35791507 Scientists find four new man-made gases that harm ozone layer A team of scientists from University of East Anglia in England have found four new man-made chemicals that harm the ozone layer, according to a paper published on Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience. The findings identify three new CFC's and one new HCFC (Hydrochlorofluorocarbons). Tue, 11 Mar 2014 02:01:00 +0100 adhoc en adhoc-6de1f8780577581a924a5222cbd97de2 Environment ClimateChange NaturalDisasters -42.0 147.0 -31.9329 115.862 -28.43721 152.955307 -34.9185 138.613 40.6222 -73.9878 64.1812 -51.73 20140311020100 http://manilatimes.net/queensland-hit-by-biggest-drought-ever/80818/ SYDNEY: The Australian state of Queensland is in the grip of its most widespread drought ever, with close to 80 percent of its territory parched after a failed wet season, officials said on Friday. Australia is famous for its droughts … Read more » Fri, 07 Mar 2014 15:21:00 +0100 manilatimes en manilatimes-5f36610f26fe040fe943d8af23cbe50f NaturalDisasters 51.4879 -0.177998 -27.4539 153.027 20140307152100 http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/huge-tract-of-australia-in-biggest-ever-drought-1.1300621?utm_content=1.1300621&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=Feeds&utm_campaign=Huge_tract_of_Australia_in_%e2%80%98biggest_ever_drought%e2%80%99&localLinksEnabled=false&utm_term=News_RSS_feed Sydney: The Australian state of Queensland is in the grip of its most widespread drought ever, with close to 80 per cent of its territory parched after a failed wet season, officials said Friday. Australia is famous for its droughts and flooding rains, and Queensland was hit by devastating floods.... Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:38:00 +0100 gulfnews en gulfnews-51125ea3ff886231e1946bf4c61acbc9 NaturalDisasters -33.8916 151.242 -26.57815 148.785706 51.4879 -0.177998 -27.4539 153.027 20140307123800 http://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/storm-no-other Source: Caritas Australia Country: Philippines I’d always imagined a storm surge to be similar to a king tide, or perhaps just a heavy swell pounding the shore like the storms I’ve seen in Australia. I never thought it was something capable of killing thousands of people, flooding an entire city and demolishing so many homes. Thu, 06 Mar 2014 09:15:00 +0100 reliefWeb en reliefWeb-c5c52af54c06d199cc9d029ad0769972 NaturalDisasters Echo 14.6096 121.006 -35.3499 149.042 20140306091500 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/31/climate-change-will-damage-australias-coastal-infrastructure-says-ipcc New report predicts species loss, a degraded Great Barrier Reef, and more dangerously hot days Live coverage Australia is set to suffer a loss of native species, significant damage to coastal infrastructure and a profoundly altered Great Barrier Reef due to climate change, an exhaustive UN report has found. Mon, 31 Mar 2014 02:21:00 +0200 guardian en guardian-901fa6c1f1ad9dabee1008fefa221bb0 ClimateChange UNbodies NaturalDisasters Environment -22.5774704351012 144.529824632264 -42.0 147.0 -41.3348 174.807 35.6831 139.809 20140331022100 http://reliefweb.int/report/solomon-islands/jingle-bells-and-tsunamis Source: Caritas Australia Country: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu Over the last couple of weeks, Australian schoolchildren have been inspired by Martina Kuibai, a teacher from the Solomon Islands, who uses nursery rhymes to teach her students how to prepare for natural disasters. 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