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Philippines: Nearly 500 people were killed by typhoon Washi
After causing a cataclysm that killed nearly 500 people in the Philippines, Typhoon Washi went south to the South China Sea and 16:00 pm on December 18 from the Spratly…
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Washi storm raged on the South China Sea
At 04:00 on December 19, the location of the center of the storm was about 9.7 degrees Vi Bac; 113.9 degrees east longitude, about 250 km away from Truong Sa archipelago…
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Flash floods in the Philippines: 650 deaths, 800 missing
The number of people killed in flash floods caused by the tropical storm Washi, which landed in the southern Philippines early on Saturday morning, rose to 650 people.
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Washi headed for the Spratly Islands
This morning, the heart of Washi was only about 190km away from Truong Sa, strong at level 8. With the speed of 20-25km, moving southwest, about 7 hours later the storm…
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Philippines devastated after a big storm
Washi swept across the southern Philippines killing 650 people and leaving more than 800 people missing. The search and rescue are continuing amid the ruins.
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Washi weakened into a tropical depression
This morning after going into the Spratly Islands No. 7 area, it weakened into a tropical depression.
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The number of deaths from typhoons in the Philippines exceeds 900
A senior Philippine official said today the number of people killed by the storm in Japan has exceeded 900.
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Reducing vulnerability to marine resources and environment
Over the past years, the growth of the coastal economic sectors in Vietnam has increased rapidly, but in addition to extreme natural phenomena, this is also a cause of d…
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Spray salt into the sky to prevent storms
The technique of spraying salt water into clouds above the ocean will reduce the power of storms and may even prevent their formation.
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Detect pure lake water near distilled water
New Zealand scientists on December 19 announced they had discovered a lake of the second highest purity in the world, which is Blue Lake in Nelson Lake National Park in…
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Strange tsunami clouds dancing in the sky
This strange phenomenon happened over the weekend in Alabama, USA. A long row of huge waves, billowing up in the horizon and slowly sweeping forward.
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Himalayan glaciers threaten millions of people
Millions of people threatened by fast-melting Himalayan glaciers are warnings by scientists at the UN Climate Change Conference that is taking place in Durban, South Afr…
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How to respond if the earthquake is strong in Quang Nam
In the afternoon of December 6, Prof. Dr. Cao Dinh Trieu (Institute of Geophysics) affirmed that the sound of underground explosion in Quang Nam was caused by an earthqu…
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Beijing 'heavy pollution', people go online to breathe
The dense fogs surrounded China's Beijing capital in the past few days, causing health concerns, leaving hundreds of flights canceled.
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Mystery 'underworld' on the bottom of Antarctica
Scientists have just completed the most detailed map of the sunken part of the white continent, which is a map of the Antarctic bottom mountain range. This startling ima…