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Floods kill 15 in Poland as rivers swell to record levelsWarsaw (AFP) May 24, 2010 The death toll from flooding in Poland rose to 15 Monday as torrential rain swelled major rivers to levels unseen in more than a century and rescuers from across Europe battled to prevent further tragedy. Interior Minister Jerzy Miller said flood levels on the Vistula, the country's largest river, were "worse than expected", raising the risk that flood defences around the capital could burst. "The flood crest on the Vistula will last about six days," Miller added. Flood waters on the Vistula ... read more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 20, 2010At 3 p.m. EDT on May 18, NASA's Aqua satellite swept over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill from its vantage point in space and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument captured sunglints in a visible image of the spill. The visible image showed three bright areas of sunglint within the area of the gray-beige colored spill. Sunglint is a mirror-like reflection of the sun off ... more  
Helsinki (AFP) May 19, 2010Action to save the Baltic Sea is lagging far behind schedule, environmental group WWF said Wednesday, a day before regional ministers are to meet on the protection of the highly polluted sea in Moscow. "Efforts by coastal states to implement the common programme of action for the Baltic Sea are well behind schedule and schedules are being pushed further forward," WWF said in a statement, cit ... more  
Warsaw (AFP) May 19, 2010The floods striking southern Poland could delay next month's snap presidential election if a natural disaster were to be declared but the government has downplayed the concern. "The constitution says that in the event of the proclamation of an extraordinary situation, including a natural disaster, a national election such as a presidential poll can't take place neither during that period or ... more |
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Dust Cloud From China Shows How We Share The AirHampton VA (SPX) May 19, 2010 The air we breathe doesn't always come from our own backyard. In fact, sometimes it doesn't even come from our neighbors. On April 22, 2010, a NASA satellite captured the appearance of a large dust cloud over the eastern coast of United States that originated on the other side of the world - in China. "Dust can stimulate the production of more clouds, altering local weather and potentially the climate," said Zhoayan Liu, a researcher at the National Institute of Aerospace and NASA's Langley Resear ... read more |
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