Beijing braces for more rain
July 25th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 25 (IANS) A yellow alert has been issued in Beijing for "possible mudslides and cave-ins" as the Met department has forecast more rains in the city.Rainstorms were expected ... Read more...
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Downpour wreaks havoc across China
July 24th, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 24 (IANS) Rainstorms since the weekend have ravaged many parts of China, including the capital city of Beijing where the heaviest rain in 60 years caused 37 ... Read more...
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Nearly 100 killed in China rains (Third Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 23 (IANS) Torrential rains that have ravaged China's 17 provinces since July 20, have killed at least 95 people. Another 45 are still missing, the government said ... Read more...
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50 dead in China rains (Second Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 23 (IANS) At least 50 people have died in China in rain-triggered floods and accidents, authorities said Monday.In Beijing, the toll from Saturday's rainstorms climbed to 37 as ... Read more...
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Beijingers turn to Weibo to beat floods
July 23rd, 2012 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 23 (IANS) A group of people in Beijing have turned to Weibo, a social networking site, to help those stranded in rain-triggered floods by offering them free rides, ... Read more...
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12 dead in China rains
July 21st, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 21 (IANS) Torrential rains that lashed large areas of China since Friday night have killed at least 12 people, authorities said Saturday.In Beijing, rainstorms left two people dead ... Read more...
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Rainstorms in China leave 18 dead
July 20th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 20 (IANS) Rainstorms have killed 18 people and left another missing in China's Guizhou province in the last 10 days, said authorities.Torrential rains have triggered floods, mudslides and ... Read more...
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Four found dead after flooding washes away trucks in northwestern China
June 22nd, 2011 - 8:12 am ICT by BNO News
XINJIANG UYGUR, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of four people who went missing on Sunday when flooding washed away their trucks in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous ... Read more...
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China warns of floods, rains as millions face misery
June 20th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 20 (IANS) The Chinese government has warned of severe floods following heavy rains even as over five million people have already been displaced or affected by floods in ... Read more...
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Making rain? Rubbished idea that may work
January 31st, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) At the height of the Vietnam War, soldiers who heard US aircraft flying high over the Ho Chi Minh trail might have feared bombs were about to fall ... Read more...
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Swiss company creates device ‘that can produce man-made rain’
January 4th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 4 (ANI): A Swiss company claims to have a device that can create rain, hail and even lightning.Metro Systems International said in a video presentation it created more than ... Read more...
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Indonesian ice fields could vanish within the next few years
August 15th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 15 (ANI): Ohio State University researchers who drilled through an ice cap perched precariously on the edge of a 16,000-foot-high Indonesian mountain ridge say that the ice field could vanish ... Read more...
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1,500 killed in Pakistan floods
August 2nd, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 2 (IANS/AKI) At least 1,500 people have been killed and infrastructure has been wiped out in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province that has been hit by floods and rainstorms, triggering ... Read more...
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30,000 trapped after rains hit China
July 28th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 28 (IANS) More than 30,000 people were trapped by floodwaters in a town in northeast China after torrential rains, officials said Wednesday.
Telecommunications were down in Kouqian town in Jilin ... Read more...
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Passengers stranded at China airport
July 26th, 2010 - 8:22 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 26 (IANS) Thousands of passengers have been stranded at Chinese airport as heavy rainstorms caused cancellation and delay of several international flights in the last two days.
According to Xinhua, 9,000 ... Read more...
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China’s Three Gorges dam withstands peak flood test
July 20th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 20 (IANS) The Three Gorges Dam, China's main reservoir built on Yangtze river last year, Tuesday passed its biggest flood control test by sustaining a massive water flow, greater than ... Read more...
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China prepares for massive flood
July 19th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 19 (IANS) A massive flood is expected to hit China with rising water level in the country's longest Yangtze river threatening a disaster expected to be worse than the 1998 ... Read more...
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118 dead in China floods (Lead)
July 14th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 14 (IANS) At least 118 people have died and 47 are missing in floods triggered by rainstorms in southern China, the civil affairs ministry said Wednesday.
Rainstorms have hit the region ... Read more...
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Death toll reaches 38 in China landslides
June 3rd, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 3 (IANS) The death toll in rain-triggered landslides in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region climbed to 38 Thursday even as search operations continued for missing villagers, authorities said.
In Rongxian ... Read more...
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Death toll rises to 30 after landslides in Guangxi, south of China
June 3rd, 2010 - 2:43 am ICT by BNO News
NANNING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) – After a series of rainstorms and flooding which caused landslides in the south China autonomous region of Guangxi Zhuang, the death toll has risen to 30 following ... Read more...
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Rainstorms claim 115 lives in China
May 25th, 2010 - 7:32 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 25 (IANS) Continuous rains with hail in the past few days have left 115 people dead and 21 missing in southern China, authorities said Monday.
According to the ministry of ... Read more...
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42 killed in China road, rail accidents (Lead)
May 23rd, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 23 (IANS) At least 32 people were killed in a collision between two vehicles in northeastern China, while 10 others died when a train derailed in east China Sunday, authorities ... Read more...
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86 killed, thousands relocated in China rainstorms
May 14th, 2010 - 9:40 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 14 (IANS) At least 86 people were killed and 16 missing due to flood and landslides caused by rainstorms that lashed central and south China in the past few days.Rainstorms ... Read more...
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Federer waits out weather, earns demanding Miami win
March 30th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Miami, March 30 (DPA) Roger Federer waited out a four-hour rain delay, then triumphed Monday in an exchange of thundering groundstrokes 7-6(2), 7-6(3) over a fired-up Frenchman Florent Serra to reach ... Read more...
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New bird species discovered in rainforests of Borneo
January 15th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 15 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Leeds have discovered a new species of bird in the rainforests of Borneo.The discovery was made by Richard Webster, Leeds University biologist, ... Read more...
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When fire approaches, chimps don’t run-they dance with it
January 7th, 2010 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 7 (ANI): Chimps were known for dancing in rainstorms, but it has recently been found that primates can perform "fire dance" too.A dominant male chimp performed such a dance in ... Read more...
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Global warming may lead to heavier rainstorms in future
September 28th, 2009 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 28 (ANI): A new study by researchers at MIT and Caltech has predicted that global warming may lead to heavier rainstorms in the future.Previous studies have shown that average annual ... Read more...
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Federer survives Ferrer scare; Murray advances in Cincinnati
August 21st, 2009 - 3:57 am ICT by IANS
Cincinnati (Ohio), Aug 21 (DPA) Roger Federer dropped only his second career set to Spain's David Ferrer before fighting back Thursday for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory into the quarter-finals of ... Read more...
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Typhoon Morakot weakens, leaves trail of destruction in China
August 10th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Fuzhou, Aug 10 (Xinhua) Typhoon Morakot, which hit east China Sunday, weakened to become a tropical storm early Monday, leaving behind a trail of destruction, authorities said.
The Zhejiang Meteorological Station announced Monday ... Read more...
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Thousands evacuated in China as typhoon Morakot nears
August 9th, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Hangzhou (China), Aug 9 (Xinhua) More than 953,000 people in two coastal provinces of eastern China were moved to safer places Sunday with predictions of typhoon Morakot approaching fast accompanied by heavy ... Read more...
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Seven drown in flash flood in China
July 12th, 2009 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
Chongqing (China), July 12 (Xinhua) Seven people were drowned in a flash flood triggered by rainstorms in southwest China, officials said Sunday.
The incident took place at around 4 p.m. Saturday in the ... Read more...
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Landslides kill 11 in China
July 1st, 2009 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Nanchang (China), July 1 (Xinhua) At least 11 people were killed Wednesday in landslides caused by rainstorms in China's Jiangxi and Guizhou provinces, officials said.
Rainstorms have hit the eastern Jiangxi and southwestern ... Read more...
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