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Water crisis fuels Yemen's many woesSanaa, Yemen (UPI) Jun 9, 2010 Two people were killed recently in a dispute over water rights in Yemen where extreme water scarcity is arguably the violence-plagued country's greatest crisis. With the ancient capital, Sanaa, expected to run dry in a few years, water shortages are stirring popular discontent and fueling growing political unrest in the country that lies at the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. The government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, preoccupied with a simmering tribal rebellion in the n ... read more |
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Budapest (AFP) June 5, 2010Several thousands of people were still stranded Saturday in northern Hungary as the flooding situation remained critical after over a month of near-continuous rainfall, authorities said. "Along the banks of the Hernad, Sajo and Boldva rivers some 2,300 people were evacuated due to the water flooding homes in the towns and villages" in the northeast region, a spokesman for the rescue services ... more  
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2010NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and Aqua satellites are keeping a close eye on Cyclone Phet, a monster cyclone in the Arabian Sea, now affecting coastal Oman. Cyclone Phet's winds and heavy rains reached Oman's east coast earlier, June 3. Authorities in Oman have raised the threat level to orange, and evacuations have already taken place. Yesterday, when Phet was powering ... more 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 04, 2010These images, acquired on May 24, 2010 by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft, show the encroachment of oil from the former Deepwater Horizon rig into Louisiana's wildlife habitats. The source of the spill is located off the southeastern (bottom right) edge of the images. Dark filaments of oil are seen approaching the shores of Blind B ... more |
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Expert: Guatemalan disaster not a sinkholeGuatemala City (UPI) Jun 3, 2010 A Guatemalan geologist said the massive hole that opened up beneath Guatemala City's downtown is not a sinkhole but instead a "piping feature." Geologist Sam Bonis said a sinkhole is defined as an area where bedrock has been eaten away by groundwater and the 100-foot deep, 66-foot wide hole that opened up during the weekend in the capital does not qualify, Discovery News reported. He said the hole is instead a "piping feature" resulting from the pumice fill, ash flows from ancient volcan ... read more |
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