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Philippines: toxic gas poisoning, 30 people hospitalized
The toxic gas emitted by chemical waste from a creek in Marilao town (24 km north of Manila, Philippines) has forced thousands of people to evacuate with dozens
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Durian storms entered Philippine waters
Tropical storm Durian has entered the Philippine waters and is threatening to enter Metro Manila on Friday, December 1, warning of the Philippine Meteorological Agency (…
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Western Europe: Hot Fall spreads to the East
France and many Western European countries are still hot, although winter is coming. In the past Fall, the temperature in France is higher than the average of the previo…
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Philippines: begin evacuating people to avoid typhoon Durian
Philippine authorities issued a warning to dozens of provinces on Luzon island when Typhoon Durian was rising with winds of more than 180 km / h, over 200 km / h and thr…
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Emergency contact, requiring boats to escape the danger zone
According to the Central Hydrometeorological Center today (December 1), Typhoon Durian continued to move in the direction of West and West Northwest, about 15 km per hou…
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Typhoon Durian killed 20 people in the Philippines
At least 20 people were killed in a landslide, as a result of Typhoon Durian, in an eastern Philippine city.
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200 people died of typhoons in the Philippines
Durian storm with strong winds of 194km / h, shocking 225km / h and heavy rain devastated eastern Philippines. According to the local Red Cross, within a day, the storm…
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Fluctuations in ocean currents can affect the Earth's climate
The Vietnam News Agency reporter in New York said the results of the California Institute of Technology (USA) report that changes in ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean…
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Cattle cause more environmental pollution than cars
The livestock industry generates more greenhouse gas emissions than transport. Livestock is also one of the main factors causing agricultural land degradation and water…
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Installation of the first tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean
In an effort to prevent tsunami damage, on December 1, Thailand began deploying the first high-tech tsunami detection and warning system in the Indian Ocean.
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Many plants in tropical rainforest can link seed dispersal
A recent study shows that the distribution of trees in tropical rainforests is highly dependent on how each species releases seeds. Research helps explain how many trees…
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El Nino can last until the end of the first quarter of 2007
El Nino formed in the tropical Pacific Ocean with moderate intensity and will continue to cause weather fluctuations at least until the end of the first quarter of 2007,…
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Tonight strong Chebi storm level 15 will enter the South China Sea
After a day of moving, Chebi soon rose to level 15 and approached the island of Luzong (Philippines), currently only about 100 km to the east. At a speed of 20 km / h, t…
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Every year 1.8 million children die from lack of clean water
Each year, 1.8 million children worldwide die from a lack of clean water and poor sanitation, a report by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). According to UND…
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An Giang: Many boreholes contaminated with arsenic
According to the VNA newsletter issued on November 12, in 4 districts of An Phu, Phu Tan, Tan Chau and Cho Moi (An Giang), 544 out of nearly 2,700 drilled wells have bee…