[En Español. RI says that if you enable captions in the player, you’ll see subtitles, but this hasn’t worked for Desdemona.] By Alice Thomas19 May 2011 Unprecedented rain that has hammered Colombia over the past year has affected three million people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. In March, I spent three weeks traveling across […]
By Jeremy Hance, www.mongabay.com12 May 2011 While record crests of the Mississippi River are creating havoc in the southern US, this is not the only region in the world facing unprecedented flooding. Huge rain events have produced floods in southern Africa as well, impacting Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. Since last year rainfall has been […]
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent; Editing by Janet Lawrence27 April 2011 OSLO (Reuters) – Sea level rise is the “most terrifying” impact of climate change and rich countries are showing scant leadership in addressing the threats, the incoming chair of a U.N. alliance of small island states said on Tuesday. Marlene Moses, the U.N. ambassador […]
Caption by Michon Scott12 April 2011 Monsoon rains fall on Pakistan every summer, but the summer of 2010 was extraordinary. A combination of factors, including La Niña and a strange jet stream pattern, caused devastating floods. The Indus River rapidly rose, and a dam failure in Sindh Province sent part of the river down an […]
ISIOLO/MANDERA, 6 April 2011 (IRIN) – Thousands more heads of livestock have died in Kenya’s arid Northeastern province as La Niña drought conditions worsen and water shortages become more acute. Drought monitoring and assessment reports indicate that the hardest-hit areas are Marsabit, Moyale and Mandera. Livestock farmers in the three regions have lost more than […]
Poll: What’s the worst thing the Koch Brothers have done? Oil spills: Koch Industries, Inc. was fined $30 million in 2000 to resolve claims related to 300 oil spills across America. Anti-worker: The Kochs have spent more than $34 million to fund groups and individuals that work against workers rights, including WI Gov. Walker. Anti-healthcare: […]
VIDEO: Somalis flee drought zones 30 March 2011 (UN News Service) – The number of people in need of emergency food aid in East Africa has increased by 2 million to nearly 8.4 million as drought continues to ravage the region, the United Nations humanitarian arm reported today. Extremely poor rains from October to December […]
By Helvy Shaanika 25 March 2011 OSHAKATI – “The 2011 floods situation can probably take us back 1,000 years because no one is able to measure up or compare the effect,” said the Mayor of Oshakati, Ben Kuutumbeni Kathindi. Kathindi was referring to the flood situation, which many have described as the worst of its […]
By Mujeeb Ur Rehman, VOA NewsMarch 23, 2011Washington, D.C. – In Pakistan, rebuilding efforts are still underway from last year’s devastating floods that submerged one-fifth of the country and displaced some 20 million people. Mujeeb Ur Rehman, reporter for VOA’s Pashto-language Deewa radio service, recently traveled to northwest Pakistan to check on the status of […]
By Stephanie March8 Mar 2011 The President of Kiribati says an increasing number of coastal villagers are asking to be relocated because of rising sea waters. Anote Tong says Kiribati is in urgent need of funding to build sea walls to prevent sea water destroying villages and crops. President Tong has recently come back from […]
