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Heavy rain in Pakistan killed at least 32 people
Pakistani television on August 23 said heavy rains caused floods in the past 24 hours in areas of Northwest, East and North Pakistan that killed at least 32 people and s…
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Severe typhoon level 16 is about to enter the South China Sea
At 7 o'clock on August 24, the location of the center of the storm was about 22.2 degrees Vi Bac; 120.6 degrees Kinh Dong, on the southern island of Taiwan (China). The…
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Controversy over the idea of using artificial clouds
Researchers are considering the idea of using sea-level ships to climb high in the sky, creating clouds that reflect sunlight and thus helping to prevent global warmin…
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Hurricane Isaac swept in Haiti, Cuba and East America
According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), with winds of up to 95km / h, Isaac is now moving to Cuba, expected to land on the Caribbean island on August 26 bef…
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Typhoon struck Japan, 4 people were injured
A strong storm hit Japan's island of Okinawa and surrounding areas, causing four people to be injured and tens of thousands of people living in the absence of electricit…
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Earthquake caused tsunamis in Central America
A strong earthquake rocked off the coast of El Salvador in the Pacific Ocean, causing tsunamis in Central America, but no damage information is yet available.
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The Philippines is in danger of recurring earthquakes
The Phivolcs media agency said on August 27 that experts from the Philippine Volcanic Institute have issued a warning about the risk of a new earthquake in the southern…
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Arctic sea ice area is at a record low
Antara cited sources from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), saying the Arctic sea ice area has dropped to 4.21 million km2, the lowest level since the satel…
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Tropical storm Isaac has a trajectory like Katrina
On August 28, US meteorologists said Tropical Storm Isaac nearly repeated the trajectory of Hurricane Katrina, which claimed the lives of about 1,800 people, almost seve…
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West Lake: Fish die of mass because of polluted water
In the past days, in West Lake (Hanoi), fish suddenly died in a series and floated on the surface, stinking and polluting the environment. According to the lake manageme…
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America seeks to develop green energy from waves
US space engineers are using artificial seawater tanks from Texas A&M University to test the idea of placing underwater turbines, through which wave energy rotates tur…
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53 Filipinos died of Saola
The total number of people killed in the last flooding week in the Philippines has increased to 53, when the rain continues to pour, causing a spill, thousands of people…
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Volcanic eruption in New Zealand
Tongariro, the name of one of the three volcanoes in the center of New Zealand's North Island, began operations just before midnight on August 6. Many loud explosions ra…
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China evacuated people because of storms
More than 1.54 million people in Zhejiang Province, eastern China and 252,000 Shanghai residents were evacuated after the Haikui storm hit Zhejiang on August 7, Xinhua q…