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Myanmar: before and after the terrible storm
Environment

Myanmar: before and after the terrible storm

At the beginning of the week, Nargis storms across Myanmar, Southeast Asia, has killed about 60,000 people (so far). NASA's Terra satellite recorded the area before and…

December 16, 2018
Heavy rain raging in central America
Environment

Heavy rain raging in central America

At least 13 people died and hundreds of families were evacuated due to prolonged flooding in central America. Three consecutive days of heavy rain caused the National Me…

December 16, 2018
Why do tornadoes rarely appear in the city?
Environment

Why do tornadoes rarely appear in the city?

The easy answer to this situation is because cities are too small for an entire landscape, said Joshua Wurman, director of the Center for Special Weather Research in Col…

December 16, 2018
Latin America faces natural disasters
Environment

Latin America faces natural disasters

As noted by the Brazilian government, landslides occurred continuously on February 3 in Itaipava, in Rio de Janeiro, causing at least nine deaths. The constant rain and…

December 16, 2018
Next week, snowstorms can happen in China
Environment

Next week, snowstorms can happen in China

Emergency rescue teams are rushing to restore power systems in southern China damaged by unusually heavy snowstorms. Yesterday (February 8), meteorologists forecast the…

December 16, 2018
Tropical depression on the East Sea
Environment

Tropical depression on the East Sea

According to the Center for Central Hydrometeorological Forecasting, in the afternoon of January 13, a tropical low pressure area in the area between the East Sea has st…

December 16, 2018
Afghanistan: Blizzard causes at least 120 deaths
Environment

Afghanistan: Blizzard causes at least 120 deaths

At least 120 people were killed and thousands of cattle died of snowstorms in the last two weeks in Afghanistan, according to the government's January 16 announcement.

December 16, 2018
There was a tropical depression again
Environment

There was a tropical depression again

On the afternoon of January 22, a low pressure area in the middle of the East Sea became stronger into a tropical depression. With strong intensity level 6, low pressure…

December 16, 2018
When the Greenland ice melts ...
Environment

When the Greenland ice melts ...

Ice in Greenland - a Danish autonomous province, between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean - is melting at a record rate this year, the highest since 1979 wh…

December 16, 2018
Big storms and snow raging California
Environment

Big storms and snow raging California

Hundreds of thousands of people in California, USA, have to live in the dark, after a strong storm and strong winds hit the area carrying heavy rain and snow.

December 16, 2018