SACRAMENTO, California, August 22, 2012 (ENS) – Wildfires that have destroyed homes, forced evacuations and caused road closures prompted California Governor Jerry Brown to issue an emergency proclamation today for three northern California counties at their request. […]
BEIJING, China, August 13, 2012 (ENS) – Three typhoons that hit China in the past two weeks have caused 51 deaths. In Bangladesh, flash floods have killed 130, in India more than 100 people have died, while in the Philippines rain and floods have claimed 92 lives in Metro Manila. […]
TEHRAN, Iran, August 12, 2012 (ENS) – Two severe earthquakes of magnitudes over 6.0 devastated villages in northwestern Iran on Saturday, killing at least 300 people and injuring 2,000 others. […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan, August 7, 2012 (ENS) – Japan held a solemn ceremony Monday to mark the 67th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack. About 50,000 people gathered in Hiroshima’s peace park near the center of the American bomb blast that destroyed much of the city and killed about 140,000 people. […]
BEIJING, China, August 7, 2012 (ENS) – China is facing its third typhoon in a single week, as Haikui strengthened into a typhoon on Monday. “Within seven days our nation may be hit successively by three typhoons, the first time such circumstances have arisen since records have been taken,” said Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei. […]
NEW YORK, New York, August 6, 2012 (ENS) – A bird flu virus known for 10 years has now infected aquatic mammals, and the scientists who discovered the source of the infection are warning that the virus could become a public health threat. […]
KAMPALA, Uganda, July 30, 2012 (ENS) – Uganda’s Ministry of Health is advising residents to avoid eating dead animals especially monkeys, after declaring an outbreak of the highly infectious Ebola virus that has killed 14 people. […]
BARCELONA, Spain, July 24, 2012 (ENS) – Four people have died in two giant wildfires now devastating northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region. Since they blazed up on the weekend, the fires have injured at least 100 people and scorched about 10,000 hectares (38 square miles). […]
By Muhammad al-Zaidi and Khalid Waleed BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 10, 2012 (ENS) – While millions of dollars have been spent on clearing the 1,730 square kilometres (667 sq. […]
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 4, 2010 (ENS) – Record-breaking flash floods across Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky have claimed the lives of at least 29 people since Friday. In Tennessee, 19 […]
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 5, 2010 (ENS) – Attacks on humanitarian operations and a string of threats and unacceptable demands from armed groups have made it impossible for the world’s […]
LOS ANGELES, California, January 22, 2010 (ENS) – To raise money for the relief of Haitian earthquake survivors, Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief is […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 21, 2010 (ENS) – At the request of the Haitian government, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration dispatched a portable, temporary control tower to […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 20, 2010 (ENS) – The strongest aftershock since the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti eight days ago rattled the devastated island nation again early this morning. […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, January 17, 2010 (ENS) – Search and rescue teams combing the rubble of Haiti’s earthquake stricken capital have pulled 62 people alive from the ruins this week, […]
NEW YORK, New York,January 16, 2010 (ENS) – The United Nations is appealing for $562 million to help victims of the catastrophic earthquake which struck Haiti this week, as […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 15, 2010 (ENS) – The International Fund for Animal Welfare and the World Society for the Protection of Animals have agreed to head up a coalition […]
WASHINGTON, DC, January 14, 2010 (ENS) – Nations and aid organizations from around the world are rushing relief to Haiti, where the capital Port-au-Prince was devastated by a magnitude […]
RESTON, Virginia, January 13, 2010 (ENS) – At least 1,783 deaths resulted from earthquake activity in 2009, according to a new global report issued today by the U.S. Geological […]
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