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Forest fires spread beyond control in the UK
The hot and dry weather during April, coupled with strong winds that caused many wildfires in the UK stretching from England, Northern Ireland to Scotland, forced the fi…
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Disaster response for Dung Quat oil refinery
Natural disasters are increasingly complicated, there is a need to respond to disasters as a problem raised in the workshop on environmental safety and fire prevention f…
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Again a fire in the Japanese nuclear plant, the danger increased
This morning, the second fire broke out at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant's No. 4 reactor - the latest in a series of incidents at the plant, causing the threat of…
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Japan plans to bury the reactors
On March 18, Japanese nuclear experts admitted, it may be necessary to consider the final option of using sand and concrete to bury the reactors that are having trouble…
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Indonesia was shaken by volcanic eruptions and earthquakes
Alarming at the risk of two volcanic eruptions and an earthquake has just struck the Indonesian island nation on March 20.
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16 provinces with extremely high risk of forest fires
Because many days without rain, dry weather lasts so many forests in 16 provinces are at risk of extremely dangerous fire (level V).
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Fire river appeared in Hawaii
The lava is spraying up to 20 m on Kilauea volcano in Hawaii and then forms a fire river.
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2010 is the hottest year
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced in 2010 that it was the hottest year since the United Nations monitored the average annual temperature.
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Global warming has terrible consequences
Global warming can wipe out ¾ of the ice sheets in the highlands of Europe by 2100 and raise the sea level by 4m by 3000.
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Fires, floods occur in many parts of the world
A series of fires occurred in China, Algeria, Lebanon over the past days; while floods in Australia and Colombia are also serious.
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Warming earth causes forest fires
Global warming is making the Northern Hemisphere forest fires become more frequent and intense, contributing to increasing the risk of climate change quickly.
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48 people died in a new eruption of the Indonesian volcano
48 people were killed in the violent eruption of the volcano Merapi on Indonesia's Java island this early morning ...
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2010 is the record year of natural disasters
Floods in Pakistan, mass fires in Russia and super typhoons in Mexico show that natural disasters continue to set new records this year.
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8 unknown consequences of climate change
You know the consequences of global warming? Climate change, ice melt, sea level rise ...
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America: Forest fire burns 136 houses
Big fire in the area around Fourmile gorge, near the town of Boulder, Colorado, USA, burned at least 136 houses. This is the most devastating fire in this state's histor…