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Why have Spain floods killed so many?

Powerful storms turbo-charged by a warming planet, poor urban planning and carelessness combined with catastrophic consequences in Spain's deadliest floods in a generation, experts told AFP......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekOct 31st, 2024

IDF "checking the possibility" Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza

IDF "checking the possibility" Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

DNA confirms these 19th-century lions ate humans

“Tsavo Man-Eaters” killed dozens of people in late 1890s, including Kenya-Uganda Railway workers. For several months in 1898, a pair of male lions turned the Tsavo region of K.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Climate change worsened deadly Nepal floods, scientists say

Climate change, along with rapid urbanization and deforestation, turbocharged floods in Nepal that killed more than 240 people last month, scientists said on Thursday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

DNA confirms these 19th century lions ate humans

“Tsavo Man-Eaters” killed dozens of people in late 1890s, including Kenya-Uganda Railway workers. For several months in 1898, a pair of male lions turned the Tsavo region of K.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 16th, 2024

Opinion: An abortion ban killed her. Trump used Fox town hall to mock her grieving family.

Opinion: An abortion ban killed her. Trump used Fox town hall to mock her grieving family......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooRelated NewsOct 16th, 2024

State backs environmentalists after water shutoff kills thousands of fish in Kern River

California officials have joined a legal effort to restore water to the Kern River after an abrupt shutoff of water dried up the river and killed thousands of fish in Bakersfield......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Apple may have just killed this 16-year old Mac product

The Apple SuperDrive is now out of stock across the whole world, and it doesn't seem like it's coming back......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Extreme floods, like those caused by Hurricane Helene, are becoming more frequent

Late last month, Hurricane Helene drenched the Southwest United States. Devastating floods hit communities on the Gulf Coast and southern Appalachia. The storm killed more than 200 people and destroyed billions of dollars of property......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

One dead as storm Kirk tears through Spain, Portugal, France

The remnants of Hurricane Kirk swept into western Europe Wednesday, tearing up trees in Portugal and Spain before dumping heavy rains on France that left at least one dead......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Insects from the bodies of illegally hunted rhinoceroses may provide valuable forensic information

New research in Medical and Veterinary Entomology reveals that when rhinoceroses are found dead after being illegally killed by poachers, analyzing insects on the decomposing body aids in estimating the time since death. This information has been use.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Hydro-hazard research needs more investment in low-income countries, says study

Research efforts on floods, droughts and landslides are not fairly distributed globally. Although research is increasing in areas affected by these natural hazards, the number of people affected by hydro-hazards in the least developed countries needs.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Report on global water resources: Conditions in 2023 were either too dry or too wet

Not only was 2023 characterized by unprecedentedly high temperatures but also by excessive droughts in many parts of the world as well as floods in other areas. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has now presented its third report on the sta.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Flash flooding kills three in northern Thailand

Flash flooding in popular Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai has killed three people, a health official said Sunday, as visitors evacuated hotels through knee-high muddy water and shops closed in the city center......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 6th, 2024

A "forgotten" valley in storm-hit North Carolina, desperate for help

The only road to Pensacola, in the remote mountains of western North Carolina, is now a muddy path through deep, twisting gorges. Its main bridges were swept away last week in floods fueled by devastating Hurricane Helene—and a cold winter is comin.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 6th, 2024

Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers

Mingma Rita Sherpa was not home when the muddy torrent roared into his village in Nepal without warning, but when he returned, he did not recognize his once beautiful settlement......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024

Best friends killed in crash with Warren PD, officers still critical

Best friends killed in crash with Warren PD, officers still critical.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

Droughts drive Spanish boom in pistachio farming

Two decades ago, Miguel Angel Garcia harvested grapes and grains on his farm in central Spain, like his father and grandfather before him......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

Cities unprepared for impact of climate change, says report

Half of the world's population lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to increase to 70% by 2050. With their large populations, lack of green spaces that can cool a warming environment, and aging infrastructure that is vulnerable to floods.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

100 dead in storm Helene damage, flooding across US southeast

At least 100 people have been killed after destructive floods ripped through the US southeast, officials said Monday, with the emergency response effort fast becoming a political football in a region that could decide the presidential election......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Nepal surveys flood wreckage as death toll reaches 209

Search and rescue teams in Nepal's capital picked through wrecked homes on Monday after waters receded from monsoon floods that killed at least 209 people around the Himalayan republic......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024