East Coast Flooding from Ida
on Nov 13, 2009 in Tropical Storms ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Remnants of Tropical Storm Ida pounded the East Coast on Friday, flooding coastal areas in New Jersey after slamming the Carolinas and Virginia. Strong wind and waves were causing severe beach erosion along the New Jersey sho...

Artificial Snowstorms Wreak Havoc in Beijing
on Nov 12, 2009 in Weather Observations Chinese scientists have artificially induced the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, state media said today, reigniting debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature. After the earliest snow to hit the capital in...

Deadly hurricane takes aim at United States
on Nov 9, 2009 in Hurricanes MIAMI — Hurricane Ida took aim at the United States and oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday after causing flooding and landslides that killed 124 people in El Salvador. Ida, which was downgraded to a category one storm early Monday, crossed...

124 dead after Hurricane Ida mudslide buries entire town in El Salvador
on Nov 9, 2009 in Hurricanes Sixty people remain missing after a mudslide buried a town in El Salvador yesterday. Soldiers and residents searched through rock and debris for survivors after the town of Verapaz was swallowed by mud as it swept down the side of the Chichontepec vo...

Hong Kong Cold Blast
on Nov 3, 2009 in Volcanic Alerts Temperatures are set to plunge tomorrow as strong winds blow in from the mainland - as boffins in Beijing claim credit for an early cold snap that caused chaos for many Hong Kong travelers.Four Hong Kong-Beijing flights were canceled and 21 delayed y...

Misery for 1.5 million a month after Philippine storms
on Oct 27, 2009 in Disaster Relief News MANILA (AFP) – More than 1.5 million people are struggling to live in flooded suburbs or crowded shelters one month after devastating rains began pounding the Philippines, and officials warn no quick fix is in sight. The impoverished Southeast Asia...

Start planning for refugees from Pacific warming
on Oct 20, 2009 in Global Warming Pacific islands in danger of being obliterated by rising sea levels should seek aid for relocation at a crunch UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, a Fiji-based scientist said. "By 2100, I don't see how many islands will be habitable," profess...

Hurricane Rick reaches Cat 5 off Mexico
on Oct 19, 2009 in Hurricanes MIAMI -- Hurricane Rick has become an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm is now packing sustained winds of 160 mph (260 kph) and it could threaten the Baja California...

Astronomers capture spectacular meteor footage and images
on Oct 15, 2009 in meteors Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times brighter than a full moon. The meteor lit up the skies of southern Ontario two weeks ago and Western astronomers a...

“UFO halo” in the sky baffles Muscovites
on Oct 12, 2009 in UFO