http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44998COLOMBO, Dec 5 (IPS) - The only good thing about tropical storm ‘Nisha’, that lashed northern Sri Lanka in the last week of November, was that it brought a lull to the fierce fighting between Tamil separatist rebels and the Sri Lankan army.2008-12-05T08:33+0100ipsnewsenipsnews-58e25f2b170d811c6c3fd6f56f6cbe36EchoTerroristAttackNaturalDisastersUNbodieshttp://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=81757COLOMBO, 1 December 2008 (IRIN) - "She had a nice name, but she was not so nice to us," said S. Subraj, 30, from the Jaffna Peninsula, describing Typhoon Nisha, which affected more than 360,000 people in nine districts in northern Sri Lanka last week, according to UN and government figures.2008-12-01T16:01+0100irinnewsenirinnews-6009a0f991232eadc11a2fc8de017329UNbodiesNaturalDisastershttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/97023df98a58637534cd0b3b78ed465e.htm01 Dec 2008 14:39:09 GMT Source: IRIN "She had a nice name, but she was not so nice to us," said S. Subraj, 30, from the Jaffna Peninsula, describing Typhoon Nisha, which affected more than 360,000 people in nine districts in northern Sri Lanka last week, according to UN and government figures.2008-12-01T15:44+0100alertnetenalertnet-bfba23996e592b932885076912a46353UNbodiesNaturalDisastershttp://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=27612At least four people were reportedly killed and two more feared dead in the floods caused by Torrential storm, which was coupled with strong winds during the monsoon rain throughout the past 6 days in Vanni. The sluice gates of Visuvamadu tank were opened as the raising water level posed great....2008-11-28T18:36+0100tamilnetentamilnet-339103ea8aac1216d1c569582f2bfde9EnergyNaturalDisastershttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/11/27/story_27-11-2008_pg4_14CHENNAI: Floods caused by a tropical storm swamped one of India’s biggest cities and killed 10 people in adjoining areas, forcing authorities to move people to higher ground, officials said on Wednesday. Heavy rains brought down houses, uprooted trees and damaged crops in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, officials and witnesses said.2008-11-27T01:21+0100dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-4b337ecee837ea0c5929f58c38d6c99bNaturalDisastershttp://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=51622American Samoa worries about cyclone destroying post-tsunami tents Posted at 00:51 on 28 January, 2010 UTC American Samoa’s Department of Homeland Security says teams are assisting people still living in tents following last year’s tsunami for fear they could be blown away by cyclone Nisha.Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:33:00 +0100rnzienrnzi-46155e6c4acddef00841dddf187672c8NaturalDisasters-14.2793 -170.701http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lifetime-lumber-debuts-at-ibs-2010,1119104.shtml), a low-maintenance, eco-friendly and fire-resistant deck, dock and fence material launches next week at the International Builders’ Show (IBS) 2010, January 19-22 in Las Vegas. LifeTime Lumber is a unique, wood-alternative lumber made from inert material recovered from the electric power generation industry.Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:13:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-6714da5e3c381764be520e40c0929453EcologyNaturalDisastersAlternativeEnergyhttp://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=51622American Samoa worries about cyclone destroying post-tsunami tents Posted at 05:47 on 28 January, 2010 UTC American Samoa’s Department of Homeland Security says teams are assisting people still living in tents following last year’s tsunami for fear they could be blown away by cyclone Nisha.Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:45:00 +0100rnzienrnzi-946be03ad50975e96f026ad713bb6956NaturalDisasters-14.2793 -170.701http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&nid=3220&ad=27-11-2008CHENNAI, India (Reuters): At least 32 people have died in floods caused by a tropical storm in Tamil Nadu and thousands more have been evacuated to higher ...2008-11-27T00:31+0100TheFrontierPost-enenTheFrontierPost-en-d366f18ae75bd71ca7ef8f611f7c478dNaturalDisastershttp://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=13f273df-a43d-4ee3-8b78-dd8e7bc9dba9&&Headline=Rain+in+Tamil+Nadu+kills+37Thirty seven people were killed as heavy rains continued to lash the state for the second day even as the port town of Nagapattinam, 350 km south of Chennai, devastated by tsunami in 2004 braced for cyclone ‘Nisha’, reports MR Venkatesh .2008-11-26T21:56+0100HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-b01e057c60b51fb756815b8304dd9114NaturalDisasters