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China: 12,000 people evacuated due to gas leaks
More than 12,000 people living in southwestern China were evacuated after a gas leak occurred. Experts are now investigating the plan to seal the leak after an unsuccess…
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More than 100 people were killed by floods in Indonesia
According to an official source from Indonesia, heavy rain caused floods and landslides that killed more than 100 people in the country since Dec. 22. Heavy rains over t…
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Tsunami fears after the earthquake in Taiwan
A strong earthquake in southwest Taiwan today scared people of the possibility of a tsunami recurrence like two years ago, killing thousands of people in Asia.
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Tsunami no longer threatens Vietnam
Around 19h30 on December 26, in the southern island of Taiwan, a strong magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred. Vietnam for the first time issued a warning about tsunamis, wh…
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Indonesia and Malaysia welcome the new year in the flood
Yesterday (December 29), Indonesian rescue workers went to remote villages, distributing food and medicine to thousands of people who had to leave their homes due to flo…
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Wonders are gradually disappearing
According to Wish magazine, there are 6 wonders in the world that are disappearing before us. Here are 5 of those 6 wonders.
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A giant ice sheet in the Arctic was separated from the mainland
On December 28, Canadian scientists announced that a giant ancient strip of ice had separated from Ellesmere Island south of the Arctic region of Canadian territory. Exp…
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Earthquake and tsunami warning on the Indian Ocean
At 15:48 and 15:57 hours, on the afternoon of December 30, the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PWTC) and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the first notice…
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United Kingdom: Rain and wind make many new year parties cancel
In the north of England, strong winds are projected to travel at more than 70 miles per hour. Meanwhile, a house at Aghalee in Armagh, Northern Ireland was badly damaged…
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2007 will be the record warming year
According to Professor Phil Jones - Director of the Department of Climate Research at the University of East Anglia (UK), and one of the UK's leading climate experts - 2…
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Many measures to prevent forest fire
According to the latest assessment of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the changes in rain and water sources from January to April 2007, nationwide,…
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Australia: burning hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest
Smoke of forest fires covering Australia's second largest city of Melbourne on December 9 made the city postpone flights and fire sirens at the port.
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Storm No. 10 can move north
This morning 11/12, storm No. 10 had new developments. Yesterday, the storm mainly moved in the direction of West-Northwest, but today it appears that the storm may move…
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Vietnam may be affected only by storm surges
At 12:00 pm on December 11, the international storm No. 10 named Utor continued to move up to the northwestern direction. Satellite image of the US Navy shows that the s…
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Ho Chi Minh City: How long does the fog last?
In the past few days, many areas in Ho Chi Minh City have dense fog in the early morning and last until noon and in the evening there is rain and light thunderstorms. Ms…