Cars are blocked by flood waters on the Bruce Highway south of Innisfail, Australia, after Cyclone Yasi. The surrounding banana plantation has been destroyed. AAP Cyclone Yasi – Overnight and aftermath Uprooted trees in Queensland, Australia, after Cyclone Yasi. BBC In pictures: Cyclone Yasi A pile-up of boats in Hinchinbrook Marina after Cyclone Yasi. Paul […]
By Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent, www.guardian.co.uk Monday 31 January 2011 10.40 GMT The deepest recession since the 1930s has failed to reverse rising global carbon emissions, as plummeting industrial output in the west was offset by the continuing rapid expansion of China and a handful of other emerging economies, new statistics for 2009 show. While […]
RICHMOND, Vt.— A fast-spreading fungus responsible for the deaths of more than a million bats in the United States has now reached a second Midwestern state. Wildlife officials in Indiana confirm that two bats found in the southern part of the state have the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, a deadly disease that has […]
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 03, 2011 – A study led by the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) has studied precipitation trends in Spain’s 10 hydrological basins over the 1946 to 2005 period. The results show that precipitation has declined overall between the months of March and June, reducing the length of the rainy season. The rains […]
By Paul Colgan, Owen Vaughan and Helen Davidson, news.com.auFebruary 03, 2011 11.26am Reports are coming in that all banana crops have been lost and over $505 million worth of sugar cane is also gone. More pictures can be found in this gallery, continually updating. Live coverage: Cyclone Yasi crosses North Queensland coast Technorati Tags: Australia,agriculture,hurricane,global […]
By Paul Colgan, Owen Vaughan, and Helen Davidson, news.com.auFebruary 03, 2011 7.36am Ms Bligh said six people, aged in their 60s, who were trapped in a unit at Port Hinchinbrook overnight were safe and well on Thursday morning. “I’m very pleased to advise they’re safe,” she said. “I’m sure they had tough night.” 7.41am 90 […]
VIDEO: Cyclone Hits Cyclone Yasi made landfall overnight and continues to batter the Queensland coast. The full extent of the devastation won’t be known for hours, but the main points are: Yasi made landfall at about midnight local time (1am AEDT) at Mission Beach, but was felt from Cairns to Townsville. The storm was downgraded […]
MTSAT IR Colorized image of Cyclone Yasi striking Queensland, Australia, 3 February 2011. MTSAT IR Colorized Loop Technorati Tags: Australia,hurricane,flood,global warming,climate change
VIDEO: Into the night – Queensland reflects By Paul Colgan, Owen Vaughan, and Helen Davidson, news.com.auFebruary 03, 2011 6.28am Dozens of power lines have been brought down by cyclonic winds. More than 170,000 homes are without power, including 40,000 in Cairns, and 70,000 in Townsville. 6.36am Cairns appears to have been spared the worst of […]
By staff reporters, with AAP and ReutersFebruary 3, 2011 – 3:08AM The north Queensland town of Tully is a scene of mass devastation with roofs torn from houses and power poles knocked over by the powerful category 5 Cyclone Yasi. Yasi crossed the North Queensland coast near Mission Beach, north of Tully, at midnight (AEST), […]
