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Super Hurricane Sandy threatened 9 US nuclear power plants
The US government is sending more supervisors to nine nuclear power plants in areas where super typhoon Sandy spills over to ensure that the storm will not cause problem…
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1500 years ago the tsunami happened in Switzerland
Nearly 1,500 years ago, a rocky tsunami swept across Lake Geneva area with one
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The US could suffer losses of more than $ 20 billion due to Hurricane Sandy
According to AFP, fifty million residents of the eastern states of the United States stretch from Virginia, through Washington, to Delaware, New York and Massachusetts,…
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New York is dark after super typhoon Sandy
Suddenly separated from the outside world, America's most populous city experienced another life after super typhoon Sandy: no subway, no horizon of lights and no food s…
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India: Severe storms, 8 deaths, 8000 evacuees
At least 8 people were killed and 8,000 evacuated by Typhoon Nilam - the storm caused strong flood and wind near Super Typhoon Sandy, swept across the southeastern coast…
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Hurricane Sandy in the US: More than 80 people were killed, $ 50 billion in damage
The number of people killed by Hurricane Sandy in the United States continues to rise, now over 80, when the storm has passed 3 days.
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Why does sea level rise faster than forecast?
Why sea levels are rising faster than expected: estimates of future sea levels may be too low.
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Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake off Indonesia
On the afternoon of October 8, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the east coast of Indonesia but did not cause tsunami warnings.
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CO2 increased but not proportional to GDP
Through World Bank statistics for more than 150 countries during the period 1960-2008, scientists discovered that CO2 increased by 0.73% on average for every 1% of total…
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Heavy rain caused severe flooding in Nigeria
Heavy rains that lasted for weeks in Nigeria have caused serious flooding in at least 18 of the 38 African states.
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Chile deployed many new anti-earthquake technologies
At 3:34 on February 27, 2010 in Chile, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake leveled houses, bridges and water pipes, killing 525 people and causing losses amounted to $ 30 billio…
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Who is the 'culprit' first causing the greenhouse effect?
This finding may cause scientists to reconsider some aspects of the climate change model, saying that before the industrial revolution took place, humans were not respon…
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Detection of ultra-high levels of radiation at Fukushima 1
On October 10, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced measurements at the No.1 reactor of the Fukushima 1 Power Plant, whereby the radioactive concentration meas…
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Thousands of Germans evacuated for poisonous clouds
More than 2,000 people in northern Germany were evacuated after poisoning a poison from a factory into the environment.