Science & Environment
Taiwan issues warnings as Typhoon Champi nears
By Pei-ju TENG AFP | Posted by TOE A powerful typhoon headed towards Taiwan on Thursday, triggering the cancellation of dozens of ...As diesel prices soar, Bolivian farmer turns trash into tractor fuel
By Sergio Limachi Reuters | Posted by TOE In the Bolivian Altiplano, where rising fuel costs are threatening farmers’ livelihoods, local resident ...Several killed in Senegal as heavy rains cause flooding, damage to infrastructure
By Reuters and Agencies | Posted by TOE Heavy rains flooded roads and destroyed buildings over the weekend in Senegal, as the ...Polo makes landfall in Mexico as Category 3 hurricane
By Javier TOVAR AFP | Posted by TOE Hurricane Polo made landfall on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, cutting power and ...Powerful Hurricane Polo drenches Mexico’s coast as Nolo takes aim at Hawaii
BY MEGAN JANETSKY and GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA AP | Posted by TOE Residents along Mexico’s west coast stacked sandbags to fortify beachfront ...At least 11 killed after avalanche hits climbers in Russia’s North Caucasus
By Reuters | Posted by TOE At least 11 people were killed and six others injured after an avalanche struck a group ...Indonesia volcano eruptions cancels hundreds of flights in major airport hub
By Eric BERNAUDEAU AFP | Posted by TOE Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash ...Two workers pulled alive from Nepal tunnel nine days after deadly flash flooding
By Gopal Sharma and Saurabh Sharma Reuters | Posted by TOE Two people were pulled out alive on Friday from a tunnel ...Rare train of Pacific cyclones fueled by historic El Nino
By Issam AHMED AFP | Posted by TOE Two powerful hurricanes and a strengthening tropical storm on Wednesday were churning through the ...Nepal flood death toll surpasses 1,000; thousands still missing
By Darryl Coote UPI | Posted by TOE The death toll from a flash flood that hit northeastern Nepal nearly a week ...














