| AROUND THE WORLD: SEPTEMBER 27th - 30th, 2008
MARCH 2008 APRIL 2008 MAY 1st - 20th, 2008 MAY 21st - 31st, 2008 JUNE 1st - 15th, 2008 JUNE 16th - 30th, 2008 JULY 1st - 19th, 2008 JULY 20th - 31st, 2008 AUGUST 1st - 12th, 2008 AUGUST 13th - 22nd, 2008 AUGUST 23rd- 31st, 2008 SEPTEMBER 1st - 12th, 2008 SEPTEMBER 13th - 26th, 2008 Subject: Around the World Today - Tuesday 30th September EUROPE: Climate change: Floods, drought, mosquito disease aim at Europe. Climate change will amplify the risk of flooding in northwestern Europe, water scarcity and forest fires on the northern Mediterranean rim and bring milder winters to Scandinavia, the European Environment Agency (EAA) said on Monday. Higher temperatures will also extend the habitat range of virus-carrying mosquitoes, including the Asian tiger mosquito which carries the chikungunya virus and other pathogens, it said. Full Story: http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Climate_change_Floods_drought_mosquito_disease_aim_at_Europe_999.html SPAIN: Cueta - Rainstorms wreaked havoc Monday in Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta, forcing the closure of schools, disrupting maritime traffic and damaging the border fence separating the autonomous city from surrounding Morocco, officials said. Police patrols were increased on the border to prevent the entry of undocumented immigrants, who have long used Ceuta as a gateway to Europe, climbing over the 8-kilometre-long fence topped by barbed wire. Floodwater inundated buildings, forcing the evacuation of three families, as well as a market and a morgue which were closed. Ferry traffic between Ceuta and Algeciras on the Spanish mainland was suspended already on Sunday. Flooding was reported also in Melilla, the other Spanish enclave further to the east, where a river carried tons of garbage to the beach. Ceuta and Melilla, which are claimed by Morocco, have more than 70,000 residents each. MEXICO: Authorities of Civil Protection of the state of Tabasco in southeast Mexico declared on Monday a general alert for the imminent tropical wave and a cold front in the coming 48 hours, Tabasco's governor Andres Granier said. About 5,600 families were evacuated on Monday and sheltered in Tabasco Park, public school and other buildings because of the overflow of Grijalva, La Sierra, El Teapa and El Pichucalo Rivers. The water levels of six other rivers are over their critical lines due to the downpour. The Samaria and Carrizal dams are also close to the limits of their capacity. Tabasco suffered the worst flooding in its history 11 months ago, which killed one person, caused 300 million U.S. dollars in damage and left around 1.2 million people homeless. INDIA: At least 147 people have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, the state government says. More than 150 people were injured, many seriously, in the crush at the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur. A wall near the temple is said to have collapsed, causing panic among thousands of devotees marking the start of the Hindu Navaratra festival. Subject: Around the World Today - Monday 29th September EGYPT: A fire destroyed the main hall of Egypt's National Theater in the heart of the downtown Cairo Saturday, wounding three firefighters, a civil defense officer said. Billowing white smoke filled the busy Ataba Square as 22 engines responded to the alarms. Dozens of riot police also deployed to keep back onlookers. VIETNAM: The death toll from a powerful typhoon that hit the Philippines and China earlier in the week has jumped to 32 in Vietnam as flash floods swept through villages, the government said on Sunday. Thousands of homes were either washed away or destroyed in northern Vietnam as typhoon Hagupit brought heavy rains and landslides, the government's storm and flood prevention committee said in a report. THAILAND: Two Australians and three Thais were struck by lightning and killed during a school trip to a waterfall in northeastern Thailand, authorities said Sunday. The victims were part of a group of Australian and Thai secondary school students and teachers who were visiting the waterfall Saturday as part of a cultural exchange program. CHINA: Torrential rains since Thursday caused swelling of local rivers and led to flood which inundated part of the urban zones of Chongzuo City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with more than 13,000 people affected. Seven of the eight streets in the old city zones were flooded with water level as high as five meters. CANADA: Hurricane Kyle veered away from New England Sunday and sped its ripping winds and pounding rains straight toward southeastern Canada, the US National Hurricane Center said. At 1500 GMT Kyle was moving north-northeast at 24 miles (39 kilometers) per hour with sustained winds of 80 miles an hour (130 kilometers an hour) with higher gusts, making it a category one storm on the five level Saffir scale. TAIWAN: Hundreds of people evacuated their homes as Typhoon Jangmi pounded Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain on Sunday, causing a major landslide and forcing the cancellation of flights. Forecasters warned of possible flash floods saying Jangmi, the sixth and biggest storm to hit Taiwan this year, could unleash up to 1400 millimetres (56 inches) of rainfall in some areas. GEORGIA: Six people died as a result of landslide in Adjara in the early morning of 29 September. Landslide took place in Khalvashi village of Kobulet Region as result of heavy rains and fully covered a local resident Archil Davitadze's house. IRAQ: More than 300 confirmed cholera cases have been registered in central and southern Iraq since an outbreak began on 20 August, with almost 50 percent of the cases occurring in the past week, the health ministry's cholera unit has said. "The number of cholera cases has reached 327 in nine provinces. NEPAL: At least 1,000 people have been reportedly affected by an unidentified disease in some villages of Gulmi district in western Nepal, while number of pneumonia patients has gone drastically up in the district. According to the National News Agency RSS Friday's report, the unidentified disease gripped Darling for a week and Neta and Paudi Amarai in the district, some 200 km west of Kathmandu, for the last four days. The disease is characterized by headache, fever, common cold, fainting and diarrhea. With the number of patients increasing, the Village Development Committees (VDCs) have fallen short of medicines, the RSS said. Young people in between 14 to 20 years of age were more affected. Classes in schools have also been affected due to the disease. However, district public health office said it was not aware of the epidemic. Acting chief of the office Shiv Chalise said a team of health personnel would be dispatched to the VDCs soon. ENGLAND: London - A fire at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has wounded four firefighters and left more than a hundred patients on the street. Witnesses reported a loud explosion as the fire spread, which is said to have come from a gas canister in the cardiac wing of the hospital. All patients and visitors to the hospital are said to have escaped the fire unharmed. There was no smoke visible outside the building. GUINEA: Report by WHO: The Ministry of Health, Guinea has reported two cases of Yellow fever on 20 August and 12 September 2008. The cases have been laboratory confirmed by the Institut Pasteur, Dakar. Subject: Around the World Today - Sunday 28th September No information posted Subject: Around the World Today - Saturday 27th September GREECE: authorities in Greece's main port of Piraeus have quarantined a North Korean freighter after all 34 seamen on board were diagnosed with tuberculosis. The Merchant Marine Ministry says all the North Koreans are being taken to hospital for treatment and the ship � named Rakwon 2 � will be disinfected. A ministry statement said Friday the ship arrived for repairs in January. It had completed a second seaworthiness trial when one of the seamen was hospitalized with tuberculosis, and the remaining 33 subsequently tested positive for the infectious disease. Authorities are urging everyone who had contact with the ship's crew to undergo medical tests. USA: Michigan - Authorities are evacuating a neighborhood on Grand Haven's east side after a sulfur dioxide tank used at the city's wastewater treatment plant began leaking about 4:35 p.m.A hazardous materials crew is on the way to the area of the plant, 1525 Washington to determine how to stem the gas release.Police are going door-to-door to clear the area of the plant, and there are no reported injuries or illnesses at this time, according to the county's central dispatch.In municipal treatment plants, sulfur dioxide is often used to neutralize chlorine during the cleaning and disinfection process. Chlorine is toxic to aquatic life and the plant sits adjacent to Grand River tributaries. Authorities are asking people to stay away from the area east of Hopkins Street and north of Pennoyer Avenue. VIETNAM: The death toll from floods in northern Vietnam triggered by Typhoon Hagupit has risen to at least 25 while four others are missing, disaster officials said Saturday.The victims came from five different provinces, 10 of them from mountainous Son La, said an online report from the national flood and storm control department. State media had reported 16 dead on Friday.Another three bodies have been recovered in Lang Son province which borders China, bringing the death toll there to seven, said Bui Thanh, a provincial disaster official."These people were swept away during floods," he told AFP, adding that little rain had been reported since Saturday morning. EAST COAST N. AMERICA: Tropical Storm Kyle will most likely strike Canadian Maritimes possibly New Brunswick, sometime tomorrow - Sunday 9/28. late Sept. Hurricane warnings are up for coastal areas in U.S. State of Maine. BULGARIA: A cargo ship, believed to be Ukrainian or Russian, sank in stormy waters off the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria with 10 crew members aboard, authorities say. The 5,000 tonne Tolstoy, carrying scrap metal, did not send out a distress call, said Nikolai Apostolov, head of the Bulgarian maritime office. |
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