Thursday, September 21, 2023

South Africa flood toll nears 400, rescuers widen search for missing 

Market Desk (online): Police, army and volunteer rescuers on Friday widened the search for dozens still missing 5 days after the deadliest storm to strike South Africa's coastal city of Durban in living memory as the death toll rose to nearly 400.  The...

Storm leaves at least 9 dead in Europe amid record speeds 

Market Desk online: Hundreds of thousands without power in UK as clean-up cost estimated at £300mn. An Atlantic storm battered northwestern European on Friday with record winds of up to 196km/h, killing at least 9 people, knocking out power for tens of...

Hundreds of bird fall to death in Northern Mexico 

Market Desk online: Locals reported several yellow-headed blackbirds lying dead across some areas of Cuauhtémoc city in Mexico. Hundreds of migratory birds were caught falling to the ground on a security camera in Mexico’s. In the now-viral video, a large flock of...

Brazil mudslides kill more than 90 and dozens still missing 

Market Desk online: Rio de Janeiro state's government has confirmed 94 deaths from floods and mudslides that swept away homes and cars in the city of Petropolis. But even as families prepared to bury their dead, it was unclear Thursday how...

Amazon deforestation: Record destruction of trees  

Market Desk online: The huge number of trees cut down in the Brazilian Amazon in January far exceeded deforestation for same month last year, according to government satellite data, has revealed this horrific incident. The area destroyed was five times larger than 2021, the highest...

Shallow earthquake hits southwestern China

Market Desk online: The quake struck on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, which put the magnitude at 5.4 and depth at 38km. At least 22 people have been injured after a shallow earthquake in southwestern China that also shook the...

Mars Shaking: NASA records biggest 4.2 magnitude quake, third in a month

Market Desk online: NASA has been working on Mars for a long time. The company's unmanned spacecraft Insight sent data from Mars to three major earthquakes. By reviewing these earthquakes, scientists will be able to gather lot of information...

Ida curfew lifted in New Orleans, 250K students still out

New Orleans lifted a nightly curfew Wednesday as the city moved closer to regaining full power 10 days after Hurricane Ida but hundreds of thousands of people outside the city were still without lights and water and more than...

Rain on Greenland highest point on ice sheet, signals climate change risk

Rain fell at the highest point on Greenland’s ice sheet - possibly for the first time in an event Danish scientist on Monday said was most likely driven by climate change. The rain was observed for several hours on 14th...

At least 21 dead in flooding in US state of Tennessee

Devastating floods in the southern US state of Tennessee have left at least 21 people dead and dozens missing, local officials said Sunday in what they warned was a preliminary toll. Tennessee was hit Saturday by what meteorologists called historic...

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The latest EV from Tesla will travel 606 kilometers on single charge

Market Desk (Tech): Tesla, an US manufacturer is promoting the Model 3 in China. On Friday, the new model’s...