Category Archives: Floods
Google and Galaxy Zoo could aid global climate project
Climate scientists meeting in Britain this week hope to build a database to predict natural disasters precisely. And records of the voyages of the Bounty and Beagle will assist them in their task Robin McKie, science editor The Observer Article history Victims of Pakistan’s floods use a railway track to reach a marooned village. Better [...]
Yes, climate change is a major crisis
Jill Singer From: Herald Sun PAKISTAN is suffering its worst floods on record. Already, 1500 men, women and children have drowned, the UN fears a further six million lives will be lost without immediate assistance, and an estimated 14 million people so far have been directly affected by the crisis.In China, more than 700 people [...]
French flash floods death toll ‘expected to rise’
by BBC News The death toll in south-eastern France is expected to rise as rescue workers pick through the debris left by flash floods. Some 20 people have been killed and at least 12 are still missing after torrential rain hit the mountains above the Cote D’Azur region on Tuesday.
